Saturday night is alright for fighting..

Based on the revelations from Fitzgeralds recent filings and the Newsweek article about Big Time's notes on the Wilson op/ed, I am fairly certain the Patrick FitzGerald is gunning for the Vice President, or at least is deeply suspicious of his role in all this and wants to get his ducks in a row before he starts applying the Pressure to force him before the Grand Jury. Presuming he can stay away through an entire Grand Jury session of course.

I have serious doubts that this White House will allow the Vice President to go before the Grand Jury or be indicted, he truly knows where every body is buried, probably because he buried them himself. Some sort of analog to President Nixons Firing of the Special Prosecutor during Watergate is going to happen. These people cannot let Patrick FitzGerald get too close to the Vice President. That struggle will be for all the marbles. The President will exercise his authority over the Executive Branch and nuke the Plame investigation from Space. He will dare Congress to do something about it. He would much rather engage in a Separation of Powers battle, something he has consistently emerged triumphant from, than a slow death by grand jury and indictment.

Now, a Saturday night Massacre is not a good option by any means. This White House evades responsibility by obfustication whenever possible. They outlast, confuse and twist bad revelations through their very effective propagana machine. They would rather any Plame revelation were cooked over a slow flame on Fox and talk radio. The Republicans in Congress are scared down to their cloven hooves about the escalation of the Cunningham investiation and the slowly rising tide of the Abramoff scandal. The last thing they want is for the West Wing to take a nasty dump on the steps of the Capital by firing a Special Prosecutor because he got too close to the Oval Office. But the President would rather dare congress than allow Dick Cheney to choose between an indictment and selling him out. You know Big Time will space George out the airlock without losing a wink of sleep.

I have serious doubts than Democrats can reclaim either House of congress, so I expect right after the MidTerms Patrick FitzGerald to be fired or his investigation to be scuttled in some way. FitzGerald is the Torpedo down the Thermal Exhaust Port. he cannot be allowed to finish his attack run.