Fire Fitzgerald?

Archibald Cox: Proto Fitzgerald?

Embedded within Ray McGovern's excellent Plame piece is the question: "Will the White House decide to fire special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, and simply absorb the PR black eye, as Nixon did?"

McGovern's answer:

There is absolutely nothing to prevent it. Can you imagine Attorney General Alberto Gonzales refusing on principle an order from President Bush?

Could Bush himself be named an un-indicted co-conspirator? If that or something like it happens, we can expect a circling of the wagons and Fitzgerald cashiered.

Our question is, if Bush fires St. Fitz, what comes next?

We would actually like to see Smirky try it. As with the Nixon Cabal (members including Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld), if the Establishment has reached a consensus to get rid of these criminals, firing the prosecutor won't stop it from happening. It will go to Plan B, whatever that is, and CNN/Fox/MSNBC will be guaranteen massive ratings straight through November 2006, if not beyond....