Roverdose

Lots of non-Rove news out there, which we’ll get to in a bit, but here’s a round-up of other Plame-related news out there today.

First, if you’re in over your head on this issue, some suggestions for background reading: NPR has an overview and a timeline, and the WP published a good recap yesterday, while Dan Froomkin‘s White House Briefing has a good summation of the developments in the last 72 hours.

Other reads worth reading:

• Jay Rosen thinks this Press V. Bush fight has been a long time coming.

• Similarly, Bob Schieffer had a scathing commentary on “Face the Nation” yesterday: “This White House did what it usually does when challenged: It went into attack mode, called charges that the White House had leaked the name ridiculous, and allowed the controversy to boil until a special prosecutor had to be appointed. Now two years and millions of tax dollars later, the president’s trusted friend and strategist Karl Rove has emerged as the top suspect, and we’re left to wonder: Can anything said from the White House podium be taken at face value, or does the White House just deny automatically anything that reflects badly on it?”

• Matt Cooper‘s press tour yesterday including stops at Meet the Press and on CNN’s Reliable Sources, where he divulged that the “double super secret background” was really just a joke from “Animal House.” Really? No one had any idea where that phrase came from.

• Howard Kurtz‘s regular Monday chat is nearly all Plame, but little of note.

  (Title hat tip to Princess Sparkle Pony.)

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