Karl 'the Cucumber' Rove

White House officials and senior Republican strategists are bracing
for a new round of attacks on Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove's
involvement in the CIA leak probe, as Democrats move to take advantage
of the slow news cycle in August. But insiders say they don't expect to
hear anything new in the charges.

"There is no new news," says one senior White House adviser and Rove ally. "Rove is cool as a cucumber."


           
Karl Rove                      A cucumber

"This is bigger than Rove," said the official.

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