The dominoes begin to fall ... Mint Julep, anyone?

Making the Case for Impeachment:
"Bush has committed high crimes and misdemeanors by fraudulently taking us to war with Iraq, authorizing domestic spying, condoning torture and undermining the constitutional principle of separation of powers by repeatedly defying Congress and the courts.

Rove Teetering on The Brink:
"... David Shuster tonight talked about more problems for Libby, which possibly could open up a charge for leaking, but a potential blockbuster on Rove ... The tea leaves seem to suggests that Karl Rove is going to get indicted ..."

Judge Ridicules Bush Wiretapping Argument:
"A U.S. appeals panel sharply challenged the Bush administration Friday over new rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls. A judge said the government's courtroom arguments were "gobbledygook."

Bush Torture Policy Targeted at UN:
"... in a rare moment of admission, the (US) delegation admitted that they had documented 29 detainee deaths resulting from torture.  US Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Barry Lowenkron claimed that more than 600 incidents of abuse were investigated, and that 250 people have been held accountable for abusing detainees."

Porter Goss Go Bye-Bye:
"...we have learned and the CIA has confirmed-that its # 3 official, a guy named Dusty Foggo, was attending poker games at The Watergate with a defense contractor who is now alleged to have provided prostitutes to Congressman Duke Cunningham..."

"... Goss is neck deep in the Wilkes-Corruption-and-Hookers story ... the CIA Director doesn't march over to the White House and resign, effective immediately, unless something very big is up."

"...the WSJ got the goods. Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, #3 man at CIA, hand-picked by Porter Goss, is under federal criminal investigation in the Wilkes-Cunningham bribery and contracts scandal."

"So why did Porter Goss suddenly resign as head of the CIA? Is it because he's somehow implicated with the Brent Wilkes hooker scandal? Or does it have something to do with his deputy, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, who's already been implicated in Hookergate? Let's round up the scuttlebutt..."

And Yet Again, The Media Industrial Complex Sits Idly By:

"According to Tim Russert this is all perfectly normal, a CIA director suddenly resigning with no advance warning to anyone and without a replacement chosen.  I'm so glad Tim's there to accurately write down whatever the White House tells him."

"All of CNN is parroting this stoooopid Snow job about Goss resigning with no notice to turf wars between him and Negroponte. Right. "

Special Bonus Video Link:

"... when NBC's David Gregory asks "Did Karl Rove commit a crime?" Bush's jaw makes that peculiar shifting motion that seems to happen a lot when he's under stress.  And check out the contemptuous head-shake at 19:42, just as Thomas is finally uncorking her seminal question: "Why did you really want to go to war? From then on, there are jaw twitches, lip purses and eye squinches aplenty..."

Reuters:
"CIA chief Porter Goss has resigned, a senior administration official said on Friday."

Dan Froomkin (Washington Post):
"For more than a year, the polls have consistently been showing that a majority of Americans don't find Bush honest and trustworthy ... And yet ... the mainstream press ... have allowed that fundamental issue to go unexplored.  What Colbert was saying about the guy sitting a few feet away from him -- and I think this is what made so many people in that room uncomfortable -- was: Don't believe a word he says."

Al Neuharth (USA Today):
"(Three years ago) the president's overall approval rating was 71%. Now, in the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll it is 34% ... That 34% represents mostly unshakeable far-right wingers. Like Bush, Vice President Cheney and company, they are in denial. As were the 24% in the polls who still approved of President Richard Nixon before he resigned in disgrace."

Ron Fournier (Associated Press):
"Six months out, the intensity of opposition to Bush and Congress has risen sharply, along with the percentage of Americans who believe the nation is on the wrong track.  The AP-Ipsos poll also suggests that Democratic voters are far more motivated than Republicans."

Josh Marshall (Talking Points Memo):
"(The Moussaoui case was) a tacit conspiracy between a Justice Department desperate to prosecute someone for 9/11 and a homicidal madman eager to be martyred ... at least three of the jurors decided that even though Moussaoui is a very bad guy, and probably would have loved to have been in on the plot, the government's case was just bogus."

georgia10 (DailyKos):
"... Senator Frist is scrambling to throw red-meat to the base--if Republicans stay home on Election day, Democrats will take the House and make gains in the Senate.  Pissed off Republicans may pout and stay home. Pissed off Democrats and Independents may storm the voting booths and throw the bums out."

Crooks and Liars:
"Ray McGovern, who was in the CIA for twenty seven years asked (Rumsfeld) why he lied about the run-up to the Iraq war. Rumsfeld then proceeded to lie to McGovern to cover up his earlier statements about WMD's being in Iraq."

and, from the "pitiful and ridiculous" department, Kevin Drum (Washington Monthly) notes:
"Apparently Laura Bush defended her hubby yesterday by telling CNN's John King that when he gave a nationally televised speech under a "Mission Accomplished" banner on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln three years ago, he only meant that the mission of that particular aircraft carrier had been accomplished."

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."

Dave Lindorff & Barbara Olshansky:
"... impeachment calls have gained a new seriousness - and wider public support - and for good reason: This November, a shift of only 15 House seats would give Democrats control of the House and of the Judiciary Committee."
(Dave Lindorff and Barbara Olshansky will be discussing and signing copies of their book - "The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office" - at the Free Library of Philadelphia at noon tomorrow.)

Matthew Cardinale (APN):
"36 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush’s impeachment ..."

Chris Bowers:
"While his net approval keeps him in the Carter -- Bush I range, right now no President, at any point in his presidency, has had a greater percentage of the nation disapproving of the job he is doing. Not even Nixon during the height of the Watergate scandal."

Howard Dean:
"... no doubt, there will be investigations because there's been so much corruption in the White House and the vice president's office, even the Republican Senate president is under investigation for insider trading ... t's pretty much of a culture of corruption on the Republican side in Washington now..."

Steve Clemons:
"... there are forces escalating America's and Iran's tensions -- and a single serious miscalculation could dramatically alter America's position in the world -- and yet miscalculations are already abounding."

"(Bush recess appointee UN Ambassador) John Bolton and (Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs) Nick Burns... are laying track ... that could punctuate the end of American primacy in global affairs ... That is what is being gambled here, and it's important that Bolton and Burns -- and their employers -- recognize this."

Cato Institute:
"The pattern that emerges (from the Bush administration) is one of a ceaseless push for power, unchecked by either the courts or Congress, one in short of disdain for constitutional limits ..."

Jack Balkin:
"Bush has already adopted President Nixon's view that if the President authorizes something, it isn't illegal ... Now Bush has taken the converse position that if the President doesn't agree with legislation ... it isn't law. Together, these two attitudes are deeply corrosive of the Rule of Law and move us down the path to a dictatorial conception of Presidential power ..."

Toni Locy:
"The Secret Service has agreed to turn over White House visitor logs that will show how often convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with Bush administration officials -- and with whom he met."

Jonathan Schwartz:
"Bush's disapproval rating is almost exactly the same as Nixon's just before he resigned. In fact, at 63%, Bush's current disapproval rating was only exceeded by Nixon's in two Gallup polls—March, 1974 (65%) and the final poll in July, 1974 just before Nixon left office (66%)."

Glenn Greenwald:
"Once the reality of the president's claimed lawbreaking powers starts to be truly discussed in our national political dialogue, I believe there will finally be accountability for what this administration has done ... scandals which harm or bring down a presidency do not develop overnight."

Josh Marshall:
"Be warned. The White House is now telling us that engineering a confrontation with Iran is a key part of their plan to resuscitate the president's dismal approval ratings in time to survive election day."

Kevin Drum:
"... why wasn't Bush willing to hit Zarqawi, a known al-Qaeda terrorist in a known location? Scheuer ... was told it was because Bush was afraid of annoying the French ... Others believe it was because Zarqawi was politically convenient: having him alive allowed Bush to pretend that Saddam was 'harboring terrorists,' thus providing useful ammunition for the war."

Jonathan Singer:
"We need the subpoena power ... I mean we as Americans. We need to make sure that our government is not undertaking nefarious activities in our name ... And given the fact that the Republican Congress appears to be wholly unwilling to fulfill its constitutional duties, we must do everything we can to ensure that there is Democratic leadership over the 110th Congress."

Arthur Silber:
"... the only reason you aren't in a concentration camp right now is because Bush hasn't decided to send you to one -- yet. But he claims he has the power to do so ..."

Jill Ferguson:
"While illegal alien immigration is an issue this country will need to deal with, this Administration has brought the problem up from the basement to divert our attention from the grave reality that we are engaged in a war that we have lost ... Make no mistake, the imminent threat to this country is the continuing and deliberate deception. We've been duped - that's the plain and painful truth."

Jonathan Singer:
"The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg and David E. Sanger reported on Friday that the Bush administration is poised to approve the sale of nine plants that make items vital to the American military to a government wholly owned by the government of the United Arab Emirates."

Tim Roemer:
"The administration said Iraqis would greet us with roses as liberators, yet our soldiers are attacked with homemade bombs ... The administration said it was prepared for a hurricane in New Orleans, yet our government's feeble response prompted Bangladesh to offer us $1 million in aid ... The administration said it would bring competency to our federal budget, yet our nation faces catastrophic deficits ... Had Enough?"

Larry Margasak:
"A GOP telemarketing firm implicated in two criminal prosecutions involving election dirty tricks got its startup money from (Republican) Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, financial records show.  Barbour's investment company arranged a quarter-million-dollar loan to GOP Marketplace in 2000 and also gave a promotional plug to the telemarketer several months later ..."

RIP John Kenneth Galbraith
Holcomb B. Noble and Douglas Martin:
"... he depicted a consumer culture gone wild, rich in goods but poor in the social services that make for community. He argued that America had become so obsessed with overproducing consumer goods that it ... damaged the quality of life in America by creating "private opulence and public squalor."