Since I’m confident that Fitzy will be running as a (D) for some high elective office in the near future (largely based on his “courageous” prosecution of Libby), this is probably as good a time as any to expose his “prosecutorial philosophy” in the Libby case.
I think President Bush picked him so I believe he is a Republican. Although I guess you could be right because when President Clinton was investigated that Ken Starr was Republican for a democratic investigation so anything is possible. Both of them did not do a great job and I think they should do away with special prosecutors.
The Libby trial was a distraction from his full-time job of prosecuting political corruption in the Chicago area. I think he got tangled up in the "crime fighter" mode of being a special prosecutor. And when he found out so soon what actually happened, he must have thought it was too easy, so he better keep looking.
Patrick Fitzgerald will go into the history books as a symptom of what is wrong with American government during this era; the ability to print money to cover real debt, mingled with the ability to convince ourselves that more government is good, regardless of the cost; the kids can pay off the debt.