Reply #50: Well no doubt Rover's buds were sources for last weekend's preemptive

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articles in WaPo and Newsweek (IIRC), providing Rovian spin in advance of an anticipated indictment. Getting ahead of the story both for the publications and the spinners.

Rover's legal team has denied not only that Rove had any involvement but then later when that clearly wasn't the case, that Rove was in any serious jeopardy. Despite the obvious fact that he has been in jeopardy since Cooper testified.

In any such reports I wonder who is talking and why. Some of Rover's alleged friends and associates may not be or no longer be friends and associates since Rover appears one way or the other to be going down and in his circles diminished power doesn't buy you a lot of loyalty especially if you are considered unwanted baggage that should be jettisoned. There are a variety of reasons some folks may find it convenient to throw Rover under the bus. (Assuming this isn't some ploy, as some can't help but wonder, to discredit the lefties. But would Leopold and TO be the most apt vehicle to do that or simply the most convenient? I don't know if I buy that scenario either.)