Once again, the conservative to moderate-leaning AOL membership has spoken - FIRE KARL ROVE!
Here's their instant poll:
What do you think should happen to Rove?
He should be fired 73%
Too soon to say 14%
Nothing 11%
He should be reprimanded 3%
What do you think will happen to Rove?
Nothing 57%
Too soon to say 16%
He will be fired 15%
He will be reprimanded 12%
Total Votes: 34,883
(more on the implications below)
What this tells me is, this (listen up W) is a TRUE "mandate".
Ironically, the AOL users are as many of us here at DKos, cynical about what will really happen to the bugger.
Clearly, democracy is on the correct side of this one, even if most people don't understand the bigger picture of this: that Rove was covering up the lies behind the WMD war build-up as well as punishing Wilson.
The question is, now that there's strength in numbers, what do we do about that? How can it be used in the favor of progressive opposition to this administration? We all know that Karl Rove could give a whit about how popular he is. He himself said, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. I have two" (is one GW, a wonder?) But the admin and the Repub Congress depend to some extent on public support. How will this affect them?