The Long Shadow

As the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has played out, it has shed some light on just how much power and influence the Office of the Vice President has accumulated under the current occupant. For an interesting discussion of what some are calling the establishment of a "Fourth Branch", see Meme.

Bonus snark from Kvatch.

(Plucked from a folder at The Xsociate Files)