Well, What Did You Expect?

Looks like John G. Roberts, President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, will not get such an easy ride after all. Seems he provided legal advice to Jeb Bush "at his own expense" to help Dubya win the disputed 2000 elections. He is also close friends with lawyer Dean Colson, who was best man at Roberts' wedding. Click the story link for more info.

There's a lot of talk about how this Supreme Court pick has been designed to take the steam out of the Rove-Plame scandal. Well, maybe so, but I suspect the scandal may have run its course for now in any case, and we might have to wait for Fitzgerald to start talking. Bush has hoisted his petard and it's probably going to keep flapping in the wind till (and if) Fitzgerald rips it down.

That is, unless anyone has any more leaks to share...?

Of course, that's no reason not to keep the issue in the public eye. A lot of folks have got a lot to learn about all these Bush shennanigans. Via Kos, Rep. Waxman reminds us that tomorrow at 10am Eastern, Congressional Dems will be convening a panel to discuss the the national security implications of the Plame leak. Former CIA officials will be testifying.