Does George Bush take leaks seriously or not? We now know that Valerie Plame was in fact a covert agent working on stopping Iran from getting nukes. Rove outed her and destroyed her career, harming national security in the process.
Why is he still working out the White House and on Air Force One? And why does he still have a security clearance?
Our worst nightmare could happen, another September 11, specifically because George Bush doesn't take national security seriously. He puts friendship above competence, above nation. Above our lives.
In regular West Wing breakfast sessions catered by the White House mess, Mr. Rove and the White House political director, Sara Taylor, have already been reaching out to nervous and vulnerable Republicans, three at a time, laying out an emerging three-prong attack on Democrats over national security, taxes and health care.
In meetings at the White House, aboard Air Force One and in candidates' home states, Mr. Rove is trying to rally Republicans to stand by the president and his agenda.
