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After giving this some thought, I'm speculating that all this nonsense over an absolute non-story (the Rove involvement in the Wilson/Plame case) is related to the Supreme Court nomination process, but not through the "impeachment" route described by Pukin Dog here and elsewhere on FR.

I believe the one thing that has the Democrats pulling their hair out right now is their fear that Bush will not nominate a replacement for O'Connor until after Labor Day. What they really want is to get the nominee's name out in the open right now, so they can spend the next 3-4 months working on a well-orchestrated campaign to kill the nomination (just like the "Summer of Bork" in 1987). If the nominee isn't known until just a few weeks before the Supreme Court starts its next term, then any campaign against the nominee will be far less effective.

I believe this Rove fiasco is related to this process, but only insofar as the Democrats are looking for ways to apply negative media scrutiny of the White House. What they are really trying to do here is force the hand of the Bush administration -- by applying enough negative pressure that the White House feels the need to do something momentous (like nominate a Supreme Court justice!) just to change the subject on the national stage.

I wonder how many books have been written, waiting to get published. All that's needed is the name... Bush should name the name & let the festivities begin.

I think the WH was waiting for Renquist, before they named any names, cuz they wanted to name two at the same time. Renquist got ticked about the WH leaking about his pending retirement, before he had a chance to announce it himself, with the result of him staying until further notice.

The next term of the SCOTUS, not a problem. O'Connor said she will wait to retire, until her replacement has been confirmed. The donks are not so shortsighted that they would give any nominee a quick pass, just to make sure the court runs smoothly.

Weakening Bush as much as possible before the battle is *the* donk goal.