WP: Aides say that WH is uneasy over Rove probe

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In a series of private conversations over the past few months, aides began second-guessing how they handled the Social Security debate, managed the public perception of the Iraq war and, most recently, the response to Katrina. The federal CIA leak investigation, which has forced Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove and others to testify before a grand jury, seemed to distract officials and left a general feeling of unease, two aides said. Aides were calling reporters to find out what was happening with Rove and the investigation. "Nobody knows what's going to happen with the probe," one senior aide said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/23/AR2005092302182.html

All are guilty cont'g to work for these evil doers!

Analysis: Political Fallout
President Struggles to Regain His Pre-Hurricane Swagger

By Jim VandeHei and Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, September 24, 2005; Page A01

COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 23 -- President Bush flew here ahead of Hurricane Rita on Friday to show command of a federal disaster response effort that even supporters acknowledge he fumbled three weeks ago.

The president said he wanted to see the emergency response system from the ground floor at U.S. Northern Command headquarters. "I need to understand how it works better," he told reporters before leaving Washington. But Bush was also embarking on a broader, and possibly more important, mission: restoring strength and confidence in his presidency.


A president who roamed across the national and world stages with an unshakable self-assurance that comforted Republicans and confounded critics since 2001 suddenly finds himself struggling to reclaim his swagger. Bush's standing with the public -- and within the Republican Party -- has been battered by a failed Social Security campaign, violence in Iraq, and most recently Hurricane Katrina. His approval ratings, 42 percent in the most recent Washington Post-ABC poll, have never been lower.

protesters on his doorstep and front yard. And of course that scary Cindy Sheehan was there too!

:scared:

That's for damn sure.

I'd suggest that's another of their big problems.

"Mark McKinnon, Bush's political consultant and friend" says:

"I get zero sense of that. This is an administration and a president that are like the Marines -- they're used to taking the beach, they're used to getting shelled. But they dig in and they do their jobs."

Comparing Chickenhawk Central to the MARINES? :rofl:

One paragraph did worry me though:
"I think they are showing a greater willingness to look for new suggestions, new ideas, new approaches than at any time in the presidency," said former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). "I think they realize the larger system has failed: They are not where they want to be on Iraq; the first week after Katrina was an absolute failure."

When I read that, my first thought was, is this just some new ploy? Although I suppose for even Gingrich to be acknowledging a system-failure in the White House, says it may be on the level.

Bush White House: all swagger, empty policies.

Rove - under the grand jury's thumb
Libby - likewise
Novak - exposed as traitor
Cheney - hiding out
Limpballs - exposed as a drug addict
O'Realy - exposed as phone sex pervert
Judy Judy - on time out at the naughty chair
Willams - exposed for being on the take
Blitzer - getting bitch slapped on the air be field reporters
Rice - possible espionage investigation brewing
Delay - under inverstigation for illegal fundraising
Frist - under investigation for insider trading
Scotty - the press won't even play with him any more
Hughes - off on a boondogle junket to Turkey

Stay tuned for more scandals to come ...

They still have many heads left promoting the neocon talking points, but I definately think Fitzgerald's investigation is taking them off their game.