As they say keep your friends close and your enemies closer. If his TX Governorship is any indication, the noose is tightening around a few folks and they don't even know it. The persona you see in public is not necessarily what is behind the scenes. You don't have Karl Rove sitting next door as the pitbull if you don't have some pitbull in yourself.
This may be why the liberals went after Rove so hard.
I really pray that you are right! The day some of these 'rats are brought to justice will be a day of celebration in our household!