WaPo: Scandals Take Their Toll on Bush's Second Term

"A series of scandals involving some of the most powerful Republicans in Washington have converged to disrupt President Bush's agenda, distract aides and allies, and exacerbate political problems for an already weakened administration, according to party strategists and White House advisers."

Some quotes...

"The Rove thing has gotten to be enormously distracting," said one outside adviser to the White House. "Knowing the way the White House works, being under subpoena like this, your mind is not on your work, it's on that."

"It looks like a perfect storm," said Joseph E. diGenova, a Republican and former independent counsel, who noted that so many investigations can weigh on an administration. "People have no idea what happens when an investigation gets underway. It's debilitating. It's not just distracting. It's debilitating. It's like getting punched in the stomach."

"The one that people are most worried about is Abramoff because it seems to have such long tentacles," said former congressman Vin Weber (R-Minn.), a lobbyist with close ties to the White House. "This seems to be something that could spread almost anywhere . . . and that has a lot of people worried."

Two Republicans close to the White House said officials are nervous that Rove and Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the two most powerful staffers in the federal government, could be indicted by special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald within two weeks. While the idea struck many on the Bush team as unfathomable a few months ago, now the common assumption is that both men could be in trouble.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101301955.html

after about decimating our country.

So sorry, Bushies. But my sympathy's somewhat mitigated by the fact that the Bushites have been making me sick to my stomach for five long years.

Maybe the arresting officers can give them a Tums before they slap on the cuffs.

Hekate

It's been too slow for my taste to rein them in, but at least it's happening now.

what has happened. But they are not in jail yet.
They are masters of getting out of trouble, so we shall see.