The Daily Background

Libby trial
Will there be a verdict today? With every weekday that goes by, it becomes more and more likely that the verdict will come today.

Or, to put it another way, it is more likely that the verdict will come today than it was on Friday. And it was more likely that the verdict would come on Friday than it was on Thursday. And so forth (deliberations started Wednesday after Judge Walton gave instructions to the jurors, so that was not a full day of deliberations).

Libby Scorecard:

1. Innocent or Guilty?
2. If guilty, how many counts? (5 possible: 1 obstruction of justice, 2 false statements, 2 perjury)
3. If guilty will an appeal be announced immediately?
4. Regardless of outcome, what are Fitzgerald’s comments? (press conference after verdict becomes public)
5. Regardless of outcome, what are the President’s comments?
6. Regardless of outcome, what are Vice President’s comments?
7. Regardless of outcome, what are Congressional Democrats’ comments?
8. Regardless of outcome, how much press coverage will it get?

House
Not in session.

Senate
Convenes at 2PM, no votes expected.

Iraq
3,156. And the Washington Post quotes a soldier stationed in Baghdad involved in the President’s escalation policy as saying “I don’t know who I’m fighting most of the time.”

Quote of the day

“It was probably the most shocking thing of my life.”

– Rev Al Sharpton, 2/25/07, upon learning that his great-grandfather was a slave owned by the family of infamous segregationist Republican Senator Strom Thurmond.

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