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What's needed is a counter-offensive. Bush should pardon both Rove and Libby, if they're charged - along with anyone else charged.

Oh yeah...that will put an end to this political game.

We need to man the guns and prepare to fight to the death. To make sure that wavering Republicans are reminded of the consequnces of joining with the forces of treason.

The Democrats have Vietnam and Watergate in their hearts. They want to repeat it. We need to fight to the death against the repeat of either. No surrender, no retreat, no apologies, no concessions.

Wanna have some fun? FIRE FITZGERALD! It can be done... but it would be wrong!

Oh yeah...that will put an end to this political game Is that meant to be sarcastic? An action like that will only inflame the anti-Bush people even more. It will be a terrible thing for our markets and our economy if the Government, all branches, is brought to a dead stand-still while this mess works itself out. As a small business owner, I don't have the luxury of deep corporate pockets to sustain me while waiting out "bubbles" and "recessions". How many people do? Consumer confidence is at its lowest point in 12 years. Without Americans feeling like things are improving - or at least going to improve soon - they have a tendency to keep their dollars in their pockets. Higher fuel bills are really making folks think twice about things like ... umm, dental visits, car repairs, getting the roof done, basic stuff done without a thought in good times. The Beltway Boys were talking last night about the really negative effect that a Bush "dead duck" Presidency will have on the markets. If Bush fires Fitzgerald, pardons Rove and Libby, and declares that he's throwing the whole investigation into the trash can, what hay can his opposition make from that? Plenty. It was only seven years ago that the Republicans were supposed to be the "party of Laws" and stand on the principle that "even the President isn't above the rule of law." Maybe some of us have enough socked away that we can withstand a prolonged economic downturn. A good many of us don't. If Rove and Libby are innocent, it would be brain-dead of Bush to pardon them - better to let the judicial system do its work and prove them innocent.