It's Friday morning. WHAT'S HAPPENING????
The NYT scoops it up: Libby's on the hook, Rove is off -- but barely. He's still under scrutiny; but yeah, it's looking like Libby is taking the fall. [NYT]
The WSJ agrees, and phrases it a bit better for Rove: he "likely won't be charged." Scooter, not so luckily. Crazily, I am reminded of the Old Testament story of Joseph interpreting the dreams of Pharoah's butler and his baker. I'm seeing Scooter is a tall puffy white hat right about now. [WSJ]
Ditto WaPo. Okay, we get it. Conventional wisdom says Libby's going down. Where's Cheney though?
Time for reinforcements: For Scooter, it's a white-collar lawyer; for Rove, it's a PR team. Is it me, or did they leave it a leeettle late? [WaPo]
No clues on Patrick Fitzgerald's site. Dang.
On CNN right now, Miles O'Brien knows as much as we do. It's 8:01. They're saying "Rove won't be indicted today, but the investigation will continue... Irving Scooter Libby has been told that there's a strong possibility that he will be indicted." So that's what the "I" stands for. Conspiracy charges? Who knows. Not CNN.
Oh, CNN does know something: As Rove left his home this morn, he turned to address the throng of reporters with a beaming smile: "I'm going to have a great Friday and a fantastic weekend, hope you do too." How very Tom DeLay of him.
Speaking of winning the Blame Game, the WSJ reports that the CIA is hoping that the grand jury investigation will vindicate them for intelligence failures; if it can be shown that political pressure was brought to bear, it will go a long way toward rewriting history in the CIA's favor. [WSJ]
FishbowlDC, # 2: Hee hee. Oh, just click through. We've clearly got time to kill.
Amanda Ernst
