Retired ambassador Joe Wilson went into his disclaimer that it's "a sad day for our democracy" if senior White House aides get indicted, but it was happy hour to his listeners at a Wednesday night reception in the Sorrento Hotel. "Yeah, baby!" shouted one fan, words not often associated with a diplomat's discourse. The cheering came when Wilson repeated words, first spoken before a crowd in Shoreline two years ago: "Wouldn't it be fun to see Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs?" In fact, Wilson credited this corner of America's left coast for having "resurrected the...