If Rove gets indicted (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!) does he have to resign????

[madmunchie]

[Beetwasher]

1. Not Necessarily, And I Actually Hope He Doesn't

That would be a disaster for the admin. If he gets indicted and refuses to go. LOL! That would be sweet!

[robertpaulsen]

15. If he doesn't

The Chimp's approval rating will be in the high teens or low twenties. That would be sweet indeed!

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. He doesn't HAVE to

but since Libby set the precedent - he will.

[babylonsister]

12. Yep. Wouldn't be 'seemly' otherwise. nt

[LSparkle]

3. He probably would resign ... and in light of demotion

it'd be easy for him to claim, "I'm leaving the WH but will continue as a political consultant to the RNC for the November midterms." That's probably why they "changed his portfolio" so he could make a more "graceful" (ha!) exit.

[saltpoint]

4. In that case he would be under enormous pressure to resign.

I'm dying to know what will happen but am deliberately distracting myself so i don't interfere with the karma of the impeachment elves. Well, first the indictment elves. And then later on the impeachment elves.

[benny05]

6. I wish

These men are too slick..

[Frustratedlady]

17. You said, "These men are too slick"

Could we change that to slimy? :D I'm sure they'll slime out of this one, too. BUT, just in case they don't (thanks to that wonderful Fitz) I am stocking up on popcorn.

[benny05]

27. Sure, slimy works for me! eom

[WI_DEM]

5. If he doesn't (especially after Scotter resigned) then more bad

publicity for this WH. Also, in even better news--if it's discovered that he's working on GOP campaigns this fall then that would also hurt the Republicans. It's a lose-lose proposition for them.

[bluestateguy]

7. No, but he would "resign" like Karen Hughes "resigned"

Always an e-mail, fax machine or phone call away from Baby Bush, who couldn't wipe his ass without Karl Rove.

[havocmom]

14. Nailed it!

[katty]

23. Front Row Seat just to see Rover: "I am resigning..."(w/a smirk)

but I don't think Rove will ever say those words-it will be understood and bush will
do his tap dance in the Rose Garden about Karl leaving...how much he means to me...bla bla

[thereismore]

No. The pretzeldent said that only those convicted of a crime would

be fired.

[Hubert Flottz]

8. Everything changed after 9/11...

So probably not since the Mob is running the show. Mobs and gangsters tend to simply smirk at the laws, that we all must live by.

[rateyes]

9. I want him to "resign" himself to the notion of...

prison!

[madmunchie]

10. him and the rest of them. Guantanamo Bay for example.

[rateyes]

20. Works for me....

hell, I might even enlist if I can be guaranteed to be his "guard."

[NI4NI]

11. His security clearance better get revoked.

[Sapere aude]

13. Why couldn't he do the same job from the outside? Many mob bosses ran

things from their jail cells. I don't think Rove getting indited will change much of anything other than it looks bad for the repukes. The kool aide drinkers will blame it all on the Dems any way.

[DoYouEverWonder]

18. Because being under indictment is just one step above

going to hell.

If Rove gets indicted, he will be too busy defending himself to have time to run anyones campaign.

Rove & Co are done.

[librechik]

16. he'll get an American Hero Medal and a big raise.

Resigning is entirely optional. Cuz committing treason for Jesus is not a crime.

[H2O Man]

19. In October of 2005

three days before the grand jury was set to run out, the White House announced that both Rove and Libby had decided to resign if indicted. The following day, Mr. Rove's office changed that, and said he was considering the option of an unpaid leave if indicted.

[Ignacio Upton]

21. What do you think will happen tomorrow?

You're the most insightful out of anyone on this site about Plame and the investigation going on now.

[H2O Man]

26. It should be interesting.

I'm not sure if Mr. Fitzgerald is going to be reviewing more information on others, such as Hadley, before asking the grand jury to consider returning indictments, or if he is going to do Rove now, and the others in order. I had expected that Rove would be notified early next week, and that we would be hearing on May 5 or 12. But this Mr. Fitzgerald may surprise us all!

[cascadiance]

22. He'll resign and then be given the "Brown Treatment"...

... and come back working for the WH as a consultant for a while (until at least November of 2006)...

[porphyrian]

24. Didn't bush say he'd fire whoever was behind leaking Plame's Identity?

I'm sure that's what he said.

[Maddy McCall]

25. I hope not. His machinations are evident to most Americans now.

He's assuring our victory in 06 and 08.

I wouldn't be surprised if the $100 Republican buy-off check is his idea. Everyone to whom I've spoken today has laughed at that idea--that $100 will ease their gas-price-fueled anger.

Let him stay around. He's old news, and Americans see his games.