"2 years!" The new mantra of Tweety and ilk as they try to derail Fitz

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

I have heard it enough lately to believe that it is a new Republican talking point. Mathews has said on a couple of his latest shows "Fitzgerald has been looking at this thing for two years - isn't it time that he indict or quit?" (My paraphrase , but I think the underlying meaning is accurate).

I know that we are all dying for this thing to be over - but if Fitzgerald is broadening the scope of the investigation because one domino is leading to another - or more apt- if one cluster of aspens is leading to another, then he needs to have all the time he needs to adequately investigate. As Frank Rich so beautifully points out today, Rove and Libby may not be the top or the end of the chain - it may go as high as Bush and Cheney.

Anyway, Tweety seems to forget that Kenneth Starr took over three years and ended up nowhere near where the original investigation began. (There is a special prosecutor out there who has STILL not wrapped up the Cisneros investigation!) Tweety also forgets that one of the reasons this investigation has gone on so long is because of the multiple court cases and decisions that were needed to get the reporter's testimony, which has only happened this week.

So, the next time you hear "2 years! How long do they need?" the answer should be "As long as they need." Don't let these weasels force a premature ending to what could be the Crime of the Century.