Don't worry Gov, imitation is the best form of flattery

clipped from politicalwire.com We have this thing called impeachment and it's bleeping golden and we've used it the right way." -- Illinois state Sen. James Meeks (D), quoted by the AP, mocking former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's expletive-laden words as captured by the FBI on a wiretap.

Bush Wants to Retain the Right of Executive Privilege

clipped from politicalwire.com Just four days before leaving office, Newsweek reports that President Bush "instructed former White House aide Karl Rove to refuse to cooperate with future congressional inquiries into alleged misconduct during his administration." A letter to Rove's lawyer said that Rove "should not appear before Congress" or turn over any documents relating to his time in the White House because Bush "was continuing to assert executive privilege over any testimony by Rove -- even after he leaves office." The letter sets the stage "for what is likely to be a highly contentious legal and political battle over an unresolved issue: whether a former president can assert 'executive privilege' -- and therefore prevent his aides from testifying before Congress -- even after his term has expired."