Progressive Minds

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that George Bush moved up the timing of his announcement of a nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court.

The Bush White House has been in full damage control mode, thanks to the Valerie Plame case. And according to a Reuteres news story in the Boston Globe: "The quicker-than-expected decision on a replacement for retiring O'Connor could help the White House deflect attention from a growing controversy over the role of Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, in leaking a covert CIA operative's identity, Republican strategists said."

(http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/07/19/bush_to_announce_supreme_court_pick_at_900_pm_edt/)

The Bush White House may not realize it, but most Americans are smart enough to walk and chew gum at the same time! We can focus on more than one thing!

It's important to note that during the Nixon's era, the Watergate story had "legs," and eventually led to Nixon's resignation, because the Washington Post kept the story alive, and by doing so, uncovered high crimes in the Nixon administration.

That's a lesson for all of us to keep in mind when thinking of the Valerie Plame case!