Changing the subject

Hurrying another Supreme Court nominee into the spotlight is an indication that Karl Rove & Co. still know how to play the game.

They are well aware that the news media -- for reasons I have never understood -- can only cover one story at a time. Hurricane Katrina replaced Cindy Sheehan, and Harriet Miers replaced Katrina. The Fitzgerald investigation and indictments replaced Miers.

Now their hope, which may well be realized, is that the new Supreme Court battle will eclipse the media's focus on Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and the rest of the Gang of Liars who got us into the Iraq war under false pretenses.

Unless and until there is a new development from prosecutor Fitzgerald, the strategy is quite likely to work.