And This Just in from the Us vs. Them Newsdesk

It looks to me like Rove is going to walk. I’m angered, but not surprised. What struck me, though, was this bit:

On Thursday, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada pressed for legislation to strip Rove of his clearance for classified information, which he said President Bush should have done already. Instead, Reid said, the Bush administration has attacked its critics: “This is what is known as a cover-up. This is an abuse of power.”

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, said Democrats were resorting to “partisan war chants.

By reducing criticism of Rove to “partisan war chants,” Frist deflects the main focus from Rove’s actions and sets the stage for an Us vs. Them debate. A debate which, conveniently, no one can win, for we have always been at war with Eurasia Oceania Them Us… You see the problem this presents.