The Republican Leadership, as usual is on message. What Karl Rove did was not a bad thing. No, the bad guy is Joe Wilson. This is a classic case of, "change the subject," but it is not working. Watching Scott McCullen sweat in the Press Room, makes it almost worth it. The truth of the matter is that the Administration lied. They lied about Saddam's African Connection, and they lied about Rove being involved. Now, they are attempting to spin their way out of a BIG problem.

Raw Story writes about Republican efforts at spin:

RAW STORY has obtained an exclusive copy of Republican talking points on Bush adviser Karl Rove's leaking the name of a CIA agent to a reporter, circulated by the Republican National Committee to "D.C. Talkers" in Washington.

The document, emblazoned with the words "Special Edition" and dated Tuesday, seeks to discredit claims put forth by Ambassador Joseph Wilson, whose wife was 'outed' as a covert operative by a conservative columnist. After obtaining copies of emails sent from a Time reporter to his editor, Newsweek fingered Rove as a source for the leak which disclosed the agent's identity.

The talking points mirror a release by Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman earlier Tuesday, in which he declared the attacks on Rove were spawned by the 'MoveOn' wing of the Democratic Party. MoveOn later accused the White House of a'cover up.'

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