MSNBC Poll: "Do you think Scooter Libby will seek a plea bargain?"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080261/

2523 responses

Yes 73%

No 27%

[HereSince1628]

1. I hope Libby makes a plea, but

I don't think he will. At least not until after Jan 2009.

If Georgie doesn't pardon him by then, I suppose he might reconsider at that point.

[Critters2]

2. I hope it goes to trial,

but I doubt it will. He'll enter a plea to protect Dick and *. Dammit.

[janx]

3. I don't think Fitzgerald would go for that.

If anything, a plea on Libby's part would serve to implicate Dick even more than he has been implicated already.

[MADem]

12. He will only be allowed to BARGAIN if he has something to give up

If he simply pleads guilty and does not help the effort, he is gonna do some hard time. And a WH pardon would not look good before the 06 midterms, and it sure as hell will look bad before the 08 elections. Thus Scooter will have to sit in jail for awhile.

You can be sure that he won't get a berth at Club Fed if he remains unwilling to share what he knows. His living arrangements might be very unpleasant, indeed.

[Windy]

4. If he enters a plea, he says he's guilty

If he's guilty of lying, he knows the truth and will be hauled into the grand jury again... unless part of the deal is giving the prosecters the information needed outside of the grand jury... either way, the truth will come out eventually. I think this was Fitz's strategy.

[opihimoimoi]

7. Libby has got to be thinking for whats best for the Nation and himself at

the same time::::

He would be a fool not to come clean...make himself a hero of sorts, avoid jail, and go down in history as making big bucks with a followup BOOK/Movie re his escapades with the devils....

But then Common Sense is not Common these days....

[kikiek]

10. I would think a plea would have to include some information vital to the

case. Give em one more root and that is how they keep turning.

[HereSince1628]

14. He could avoid a trial by pleading guilty

BEFEE does not want a trial that could become a review of their manipulation of the evidence to go to war.

My guess is Irv pleads no contest, gets sentenced, and in the final hours of Bush's presidence gets pardoned.

Months of pretrial motions could lead to Irv spending about a year in prison. And probably a country-club prison would be arranged by Gonzales.

[Windy]

15. The prosecuter has to accept his plea...

and I'm sure that "no contest" is not an option...

[LunaC]

17. What makes you think Bush* will make it to the end of his term?

Bush* can't pardon if he isn't pResident. I sincerely doubt he'll finish his full term.

[clmbohdem]

5. Either way, WH loses.

Libby pleas = more indictments
Libby goes to trial = Chenny, Flesher, and other WH officials have to testify in court

[hang a left]

6. Yep...rock meet hard place.

[Native]

8. What are you talkin' about?

The WH has already claimed victory because it wasn't Rove and there wasn't any real crime committed. What's wrong with you?

[Windy]

16. The only reason a "real crime" ie the outing of Plame

wasn't found and charged was due to Libby's obstruction! Fitz said that there was no question that plame was outed, but by who? What was the true motivation? Because of Libby's continued lies and deceit, Fitzgerald was unable to get to the truth. When the trial of Libby begins, the issue will heat up again. Libby fell on the sword for the PNAC, the real architects of the war machine in Washington.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Probably..after numerous delays to avoid the inevitable.

Under a plea bargain he can forced to come clean, complete with lie-detector attached firmly, and name-names.

But, he may be a "good soldier" and take the bullet. I doubt it.

[Little Star]

11. I can only pray. n/t

[DFLforever]

13. It's s going to be a hard decision for Libby (and the White House)

to make. Do they risk trial or do they throw out another body like perhaps someone in Bolton's office.

[texpatriot2004]

18. 72% Yes...it's going down, freep alarm. n.t