What America wants:
- Do you think Congress should -- or should not -- investigate the involvement of White House officials in this matter?
Yes, should - 72%; No, should not - 21%
- If Congress investigates these dismissals, in your view, should President Bush and his aides -- [ROTATED: invoke "executive privilege" to protect the White House decision making process (or should they) drop the claim of executive privilege and answer all questions being investigated]?
Invoke executive privilege - 26%; Answer all questions - 68%
- In this matter, do you think Congress should or should not issue subpoenas to force White House officials to testify under oath about this matter?
Yes, should - 68%; No, should not - 24%
What Beltway Douchebags want:
Chief nugget, courtesy of The Carpetbagger Report:
MATTHEWS: Joe’s honest. Democrats are frustrated that Rove wasn’t indicted in the CIA leak case, but now that he’s been implicated in the firing of those US attorneys, it looks to some people as though Democrats are smelling blood.
Gloria, are they after Rove?
Ms. BORGER: Sure. You know, he’s the cross between Ahab and Darth Vader for them, for the Democrats. And honestly, they would love nothing more than to get him up before a congressional committee.
MATTHEWS: OK, OK.
Ms. BORGER: But they want to change the subject, Chris. They don’t want to talk about how they’re doing on the war in Iraq or where they’re...
MATTHEWS: You’re with me on that. They divide over the war and fund-raising, but this makes it simple. It’s good for fund-raising.
Ms. BORGER: Right.
MATTHEWS: Guess who’s making this case? Chuck Schumer, who’s the chief fund-raiser.
Ms. BORGER: Of course.
MATTHEWS: Rick, here’s the question. When the dog catches the car, what do they do? They want a confession, like on "Perry Mason," where Rove just says, `You’re right, I’m no good.’ Do they want him to show his horns and be really nasty? Or do they want him to get into a perjury rap? What’re they after with this guy?
Mr. STENGEL: Well, as Joe Biden implied, it looks like the car would run over the dog in that case. And there are no–there are no "Perry Mason" moments except for "Perry Mason." I am so uninterested in the Democrats wanting Karl Rove, because it is so bad for them. Because it shows business as usual, tit for tat, vengeance.
MATTHEWS: (Unintelligible).
Ms. BORGER: Mm-hmm.
Mr. STENGEL: That’s not what voters want to see.
MATTHEWS: So instead of like an issue like the war where you can say it’s bigger than all of us, it’s more important than politics, this is politics.
Mr. STENGEL: Yes, and it’s much less. It’s small bore politics.
What? No cocktails? Yawn.
And once again, the heart of the country atrophies while its punditry checks its hair and makeup.
See also: Glenn Greenwald, here and here.
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