Buzz builds on indictments

Beltway watchers are giddy with anticipation as Fitzgerald's investigation winds to an end. Speculation continues to abound, including among Rove's defense team, who maintain he did nothing wrong but may well be indicted for something anyway. Lying to grand jury perhaps? Or as Bush might put it, disremembering.

And this is cute. Andy Card says it's just business as usual in the White House.

Well, obviously we're all human beings and we know that there are external activities that impact the environment you're working in . . .," Card said in the transcript of an interview with C-SPAN that will air tomorrow. "It is something that is there, but it is something that we don't talk about because it would be inappropriate. . . .

Right. Nobody is talking about this in hushed tones around the water coolers? You believe that, I've got oceanfront property in Nevada that I'd like to sell you.