Sean Wilentz:
"Barring a cataclysmic event on the order of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, after which the public might rally around the White House once again, there seems to be little the administration can do to avoid being ranked on the lowest tier of U.S. presidents ... Many historians are now wondering whether Bush, in fact, will be remembered as the very worst president in all of American history."

Eric Boehlert:
"The strange truth was that, at least in regards to the Plame investigation, the special prosecutor had supplanted the timid D.C. press corps and become the fact finder of record. It was Fitzgerald and his team of G-men -- not journalists -- who were running down leads, asking tough questions and, in the end, helping inform the American people about possible criminal activity inside the White House."

David Shuster:
"... the White House has declared Iran to be one of the nation's biggest threats. And it's because of jobs like agent Wilson's that President Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush once declared that those who expose CIA sources are the most insidious of traitors."

Elizabeth Dole:
"If Democrats take control of the Senate in '06, they will ... call for endless congressional investigations and possibly call for the impeachment of President Bush!"

Think Progress:
"House conservatives just passed their lobbying reform bill by a narrow 217-213 vote. The Washington Post called the legislation a 'sham,' 'diluted snake oil' and 'an insult to voters.' Instead of the comprehensive reform promised by lawmakers in early 2006, this bill fails to reform parts of the system most in need."