Wapo's Headline that will bring down the president:
Libby Is to Cheney What Cheney Is to Bush.
The short article by the AP's Nedra Pickler seems innocuous enough, but it gives us exactly the sort of framework to tie Cheney and Bush to Libby, the leaker, in the minds of the public, and damn the whole administration politically, even if Cheney and Bush don't get indicted.
The first two paragraphs:
President Bush has Dick Cheney as his behind-the-scenes adviser and problem solver. The vice president has his own man who fits that description: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
His job as Cheney's chief of staff gives Libby extraordinary influence and access in all corners of White House policy-making, particularly national security. But, just as Cheney doesn't talk about his conversations with Bush, Libby does not promote what he does for the vice president.
Every time Libby comes up in conversation over the next few weeks, this is what you say: Libby is to Cheney what Cheney is to Bush.