Bet Karl Hopes the Sharks are Biting

August is a slow month for news in Washington. And that's bad news for Karl Rove. With Congress and the President gone for the month, and reporters getting antsy for air time, any thing could turn into a story at any moment. Remember August, 2001, when the media went nuts with shark attacks and Chandra Levy's disappearance? 9/11 wiped them both off the news.

So, as the news cycle slows, Republican leaders are prepared for another flare up in the Karl Rove connection to the Plame Name Blame Game -- the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity.

In fact, the Democratic National Committee is firing off a daily fact sheet called, "Mr. Bush, Tear Down That Stone Wall." It promises to reveal a fact a day about the Plame case and White House ties to it.

Meanwhile back at the ranch, Republicans say "Karl is cool as a cucumber." (USNews)

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