The Architect

We are 5+ years into the Bush 43 Administration, and finally, whew, finally, we have scandal--blood in the water.

Rove-gate. Green felt-top tables. Flash bulbs popping. Feedback from the committee chairman's mic. What did Rove know and when did he know it? Typical DC. Disneyland East.

Want to see how quickly this story evaporates? About the moment Chief Justice Rehnquist wakes-up dead. President Bush will then have 3 Supreme Court appointments; Sandy D's chair, the deceased chief's chair, and the new chief justice.

Current events illustrates why Democrats are in the minority and will continue so, as long as they continue to shadow box with themselves. While Howard Dean's Democrats are ramping-up the volume on Karl Rove, Rove maneuvers his coalitions into ready position.

An historic, epic, shift is about to occur. And Rove is playing Ali at Manila to the Democrats' George Foreman. The Democrats are punching themselves out.

I share a long history with Karl Rove - even before George W dumped Texas Governor Ann Richards. After Governor Bush became President Bush, I lunched with Karl in the White House mess. All I can say is, he is the most brilliant political operative among the small club of brilliant operatives (Ham Jordan, Ed Rollins, Lee Atwater, James Carville).

By the time Rove unveils the machinery behind placing all 3 of Bush's Supreme Court nominees on the bench, the American people will have grown immune, perhaps even hostile, to the Democrats' Chicken Little claims of the sky is falling.

No way does Bush bail on Rove. The President signed-off on a scheme of diversions long ago.