DJ Drummond has a really good post out about the Miers debacle and why naive calls to simply move on are probably doing more damage than the intended result. I will predict the support for Alito will be very tepid and not inspire the base or the public. I don’t know Alito at [...]

For those interested, Mark Coffey has set up a watering hole for the nomination of Alito at Politechnical.
Bad choice in my opinion. I know the Miers treatment probably scared off a lot of good candidates – but we really needed another woman on the bench. I am not for affirmative action, but where [...]

Special prosecutor Fitzgerald is demonstrating why those who put stock in his seriousness and professionalism where misled. Fitz is contemplating bring the Bush WH to trial:
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is planning to call Vice President Dick Cheney as a witness in the trial of Lewis Libby, the DRUDGE REPORT has leaned.
But the high [...]

For those new to the site I have quite a few posts on Katrina and how Nagin and Blanco were the primary sources of the debacle there (Michael Brown had successfully handled five major storms up to the point). The truth is Nagin and Blanco did not make any tactical adjustments once the levies [...]

I have been accused of not being able to read by some, who are not understanding my positions. So I will stipulate I am not clear in my writing – but I can read. My problem with the indictment is first, Libby was indicted for not outing Plame using his inside knowledge (e.g., [...]

Folks, do you understand what Fitzgerald has done? It is clear that Libby Fitzgerald and the White House had traced down who Wilson was and how his wife had pushed him for the trip (which was clearly against the desires of the intel community). It was all in response to the Kristof and [...]

Yes, I will probably live blog the news conference at 2:00 PM – but this is just silly to spend a lot of time on. Check back here, I will append it to this post. No promises on depth of analysis, I am truly stunned and how lame this is.
Keep scrolling – [...]

Documents still not out CNN is reporting.

And nothing on the website. Guess the media is more important than we the people. I’ll keep checking back.

And counting. I am not sure how this doucment release will happen. If it is over the website then I will need time to look over the documents. Typically I live blog while I read. We’ll see. If it goes to the media first then we have to wait for [...]

The reports coming out seem more and more firm about a Libby indictment – but an indictment that is so ridiculous it begs the question of why bother. Libby’s notes say he learned of Valerie from a meeting with Cheney, he said he thought he heard of her from reporters. He did here [...]

And counting. At 12 noon eastern time the paperwork will be released in the Fitzgerald probe with his news conference scheduled for 2:00 PM.
The special counsel investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative’s identity will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday to discuss the status of the probe, his [...]

This week’s selections of the best posts by the Watcher’s Council have been announced and here they are.
In the Council Category the winner is Syria and the Hariri Conspiracy by Right Wing Nut House, with second place going to Don’t Secret Cabals Have To Be… Well… Secret? by The Sundries Shack.
In the non Council category [...]

Happy Birthday Dad! 84 years young today. He is where I get my WVA roots. WW II veteran of the North Atlantic, Invasion of Africa and Pacific Campaign. I see now I will never fill your shoes. But I am proud to walk behind them.
Hugh Hewitt has an Op-Ed in [...]

Well, we have now to only wait and see if the NY Times has finally learned to report leaks accurately…
My post on the news which broke late last night is below. Needless to say I am not keen on what might be about to happen to our justice system. We appear to be [...]