Seems to be what Leahy's good at, sending well written letters to members of the White House. I'm sure it'll be followed up by a letter "strongly" requesting compliance with the as-yet-uncomplied with subpoenas of this investigation. Which will be followed by yet another letter. Repeat ad nauseum until pardoned by Bush.

As far as I'm concerned, it's a waste of paper until Leahy gets on the phone with the Sergent at Arms and has Rove brought forcibly before the Senate to answer for his crimes or be held in contempt.

There are things called telephones. And, there is a technology called email. An "official" resignation doesn't mean that advice will not be asked or offered. And, it doesn't mean that he can't control things from his home. Until Bush is out of power, there should be no sighs of relief or assumptions that Rove is not in play.

Yawn....Call me when the dark clouds over the Whitehouse produce lightning that strikes. Otherwise Leahy's forecast is nothing more than useless hot air.

You better watch out!

No more Mr. Nice Guy!

I'm a-tellin' you!

I REALLY mean it THIS time.

Now that the leader of the rats is gone, lets hope for good, there is hope that Bushits ship will sink a bit faster.

Oh I hope so. I hope the Winter White House moves to Bahrain. That would be priceless. Real thumb in the eye to all the Libs.

Leahy should lighten up on the guy. Rove is probably only resigning because he realizes his memory is probably not as good as it once was and that most of his actions are taking place under his authority but not under his ability to remember anything.

As a voter in the 2006 elections, the major issue was corruption. Perhaps it is over simplification, but Rove was the poster child for abuse of power.

I expect Leahy, Waxman and ANY elected official to punish those who broke the law. There has to be consequences for such behavior or we are doomed. Weren't we not too long ago a nation of laws?

straight into Hell!

Karl Rove stepped in his own filth. Pat Leahy should expose him as the criminal he really is.

that a subpoena or two or three may not be enough.

Does Rove have his passport in good order? For that matter, would he even need one to escape to Bush's reportedly new compound in Paraguay?

George Bush would pardon him. The whole train wreck is a charade of process. It doesn't matter why Rove is quitting, if in fact he really is. None of this matters because Congress imagines it has any power which it doesn't. They can march every administration character up the Hill and have them forget to remember to answer anything all day. Absent a jury trial it does not matter if we know they're all lying.

..and he'd still walk away with a pardon.

As the Turd Turns, these are the Days of Our Lives.

Will Rove follow his mentor Lee Atwater in confessing his sins against America when facing the end?

Let's wait and see.

Hardly.

Rove will get his multi-million dollar book deal, become the king of Fox Network, and keep his hand firmly up Bush's behind while George "talks". Distance is no impediment. That's why we have RNC Blackberries.

This has to be a strategy to keep more investigations from spilling into the hallway outside W's office. On the other hand, one wonders what it is that is moving toward "out of control" so fast that it could give Bush's brain travelin' fever. Can't wait for the other shoe to drop. Or maybe, like Rumsfeld, it's just time to slink away and pretend he's a success while the disaster is still in the spin cycle.

Bush can keep citing privilege over anything concerning Rove's dark dealings so there won't be anything ugly in he works there...Leahy's "miffed" stance notwithstanding. And now, gee, the guy doesn't even work for him. So how could anyone claim there is a Rovian stench at the White House.

I hope the GSA has been putting out huge no-bid contracts on fumigating the White House after they're all gone. Gone, but alas, not forgotten until my great grandchildren are old enough to vote. If then.

but until he actually does something, it's all just hot air. Time is short to bring these guys to justice, what say you, Senator Leahy? Can we get a contempt of congress referral? A resolution of impeachment? A fart in the wind?

is impotent.

Next to "desperate" in the dictionary, there must be a picture of Pat Leahy.

If he had any balls he would have arranged the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest Turd Blossom for Contempt of Congress when his helicopter landed at Crawford. Even better, just as he was ready to fill his mouth with ribs at the barby being thrown by his pal Bushit. Yea, I know, but it would have been a glorious sight...

in the movie,"A Few Good Men", when she rises to object :

Demi : Objection,your Honor !

judge : over ruled

Demi : No, I strenuously object !

judge : noted

Sen. Leahy:

I hope that you will chew and chomp until you get your man. We know that Rove is withholding information and if it is not damaging to him or Budh then why not release it.

“‘Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in” (Death of the Hired Man). I don’t know if Mr. Rove has ever read Frost. I’m sure Pat Fitzgerald got it from the Jesuits and again while at Amherst. Maybe that explains the Special Prosecutor’s not so special rating on Kyle “the Aggregator”s list. In any case, the quote came to mind when Mr. Rove spoke publicly about going home. He is of course, accompanied by his stunning legacy that many Americans, including former colleagues, already repudiate.

I’m reminded of the Godfather movie when a hitman was testifying before a Senate committee about the “family” and described the layers of hierarchy that protected the bosses. The witness got a kick out of the term “buffer” when used by a Senator. The thug laughed out loud as he tried out (with considerable mischief) the new term, declaring: “Buffers - Yeah, Buffers – the family’s got lotsa Buffers”!

How come Gonzales is still standing? I ask you!!! Does anyone on the planet think Al Gonzales came up with the notion of loading up interim USA’s in Rove’s image and likeness from a sneak paragraph in the “Patriot” Act. And then, with yet additional uncustomary genius, delegated the execution of the plan to the true-believer acolytes Sampson, Goodling, Schlozman, and Taylor (& Jennings – Don’t forget Mickey Barnett). I watched them; clever, not bright; moralistic yet unethical; waxing apologetic for mistakes (never wrongful acts) yet unmoved by the notion of change; and finally proclaiming loyalty to their political idols and benefactors rather than the Constitution that actually pays their salaries. TOGETHER, THEY DON’T ADD UP TO 1 ADULT. They are just layers of insulation (you know – the BUFFERS) to protect the architect of the plan, Karl Rove.

The only real issue is the gutting of the Constitution embodied in the twisted scheme of the US Attorneys' firings. Under THIS rock is hidden a labyrinth of secrets and dark visions – the evisceration of civil rights for women and minorities, voter disenfranchisement, manipulation of the workplace values and conduct, extinction of personal privacy, and likely other agendas yet unidentified.

When I worked for the state of Florida, Jeb Bush during his 1st term had Arthur Andersen create a video (very slick, very expensive and I thought, very compelling and effective) as required training for EVERY state employee. My job was in educaton and training and train we did – around the clock for weeks to meet an absolute, drop-dead, turn-in-your-keys deadline. The training characterized ethical behavior with two brilliant, irreducible truths: 1. It’s simply doing the right thing even when no one is watching; 2. Just because you have the right (power, authority, permission) to do something, doesn’t make it the right thing to do (i.e. the early laws on slavery).

I’ve watched all public testimony by every witness from the White House or DOJ. Their reaction to those two ethical standards might run between dumbstruck and offended, but in NO CASE, at any time during their sworn testimony did these two principles ever seem to apply TO THEM. In the Neo Con fantasy, it’s in for a Penny, in for a Planet.