Earth to Karl Rove

Wow, just wow. Bush's legendary loyalty strikes again. This afternoon's press conference merely reiterated the president's support for embattled AG Gonzales at a time when any competent effort at damage control would throw Gonzo under the bus. This story is a tempest in a teacup but unfortunately, both Schumer and Emanuel feel that they haven't gotten sufficient credit for pointing this out and will react accordingly. What do I mean? They won't stop till they've had satisfaction which is unnecessary pain. Throwing them the AG might just be sufficient.

This isn't the hour for the White House to be truculent but rather for it to pick its battles. Hill Republicans aren't crazy about the guy and I'm not putting retribution past them. I keep getting the feeling that this White House isn't 100% comprehending the reality of a Democratic majority and another example of his misguided loyalty just reinforces that impression.

UPDATE: If I can give them any credit for the mishandling of this mess (they could have thrown some competent, friendly prosecutors out on their ass too - at least Demos might not have caught the scent for a while longer), it's that they didn't axe Fitzgerald and today's Post suggested was under consideration. Oh and I'm pretty angry with Senator Fitzgerald for giving us that hack - anyone with their head screwed on right understands the craven, self-serving motives of Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame and realize that there really was no case here (to say nothing of the bad precedent) - others would have been sufficient.