Of course the BIG news of the moment is the Libby verdict.  No one seemed to care about this case until the "guilty" verdict was rendered by a Washington, DC jury of Mr Libby's peers.  Now, we see all the time the "corruption that permeates this administration."  It is hard to believe that the same people who say that are the same ones who defended the Clinton administration.
  Now the question is, "Should the President pardon Mr. Libby?"  I personally think it is way too soon to render a judgement on this question.  It will need to go through all the appeals.  As we know the furor on this will die down in a day or two, and then perhaps at some point in the future, the President can quietly consider such a pardon.  It is way too hot right now for that to happen.
  But what might could happen is that the Vice President, Richard Cheney, will step down.  It will be presented that it is becasue of his health problems -- which he will severely grit his teeth in announcing -- that he must step down from office.  Of course we will know that it is political pressure that will cause it.  I like Dick Cheney, at least I like most of his positions.  I have never met the man of course, but he seems to be likable.  I think his motives were good on Iraq, but good motives don't always result in good policy or good implementation or good results.  More should have been considered before we went to Iraq.  It has turned out far worse than I think the VP ever thought it would.
   Mr Cheney, I believe, is such a loyalist to the President that he would go down if it spared his boss.  I know that he is a bull dog, tenancious, and has endured many tough battles and is not a quitter.  However, I think he will step down.
   Am I wrong?  Perhaps.  But it seems to me that the President needs something to happen to salvage his presidency.  Too much excess baggage is being drug all around.  Drop some of it, and make something good happen.  Will the VP stepping down for "health reasons" make it happen?  I don't know.  We'll see.