President Rove has commenced his final battle for political survival. By refusing to dismiss Gonzales and issuing fantastic claims about improving conditions in Iraq, he has cut the final connections with reality and pulled up the drawbridge. He will now rely on the high walls and deep moat of a siege warfare White House to defend his inner circle. Here is what I expect will happen in the final months of the Rove administration.
- There will no longer be any attempts to reconcile White House statements with observable facts in the outside world. No matter how many US troops are killed and wounded in Iraq, Rove will put on his Bush cowboy costume and announce that the Petraeus plan is succeeding.
- Congress will be denied access to White House and RNC information. If court challenges are insufficient, Rove will simply defy the courts.
- Foreign policy will grow increasingly belligerent toward all nations, including post-Blair Britain, the EU, Russia, and China. Americans will be whipped into an extreme xenophobic state.
- Republican senators will be ordered to block all Democratic legislation. All funding will be provided through emergency budget resolutions.
- Recess appointments will be used whenever possible to continue putting Rovian soldiers in responsible positions.
- Opposition research on Democratic officials and office seekers will move into high gear in preparation for the mother of all smear campaigns: the 2008 election.
- Rove-controlled propaganda outlets (much of the MSM) will be ordered to depict the White House as mounting a courageous defense against "traitors" in the Congress.
- Incriminating electronic records will be erased in all sectors of the government by special "Blackserver" contractors.
President Rove likes a good fight, and with the raising of the drawbridge the last battle has begun. He will never surrender.