[kcvl]

So for those who think something very bad happened here, why isn't attention now circling around the State Department , whose two top guys at the time -- Colin Powell and Richard Armitage -- leaked like sieves to the media?

[Republican Red]

Time tries to paint this as bad for Rove but I think just the opposite. It points the finger away from White House and right at the State Department.

The State Department was no friend to the Bush White House.

[STARWISE]

Are you thinking that Powell or Armitage leaked it to Novak? I guess Armitage isn't a political "gunslinger" .. but I don't know if that can be said about Powell...he's probably one of the most political public servants that ever walked the hallowed halls.

[STARWISE]

Hastert to Can Patrick Fitzgerald?

By Josh Marshall

From: Politics

Late this evening I got emails from a few readers who told me about a news story on Chicago's Channel 9, WGN-TV which pointed out that Patrick Fitzgerald's term as US Attorney in Chicago is coming up in October and that pressure is building to deny him a reappointment.

As it was described to me, the news segment featured an interview with former Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R)(no relation), who suggested that Denny Hastert might be pushing to turn Fitzgerald out of his job.

And who would think a stand-up guy like Denny Hastert would stoop to something like that?

The Coffee House Politics Jul 27, 2005 -- 11:29:30 PM EST