Bush Speech vs. Rove Indictment... which would get more coverage?

[MallRat]

If Will Pitt is right, Fitzmas is coming sometime this week: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1179819&mesg_id=1179819

So, a theoretical question:

If you're the White House, is it GOOD or BAD if a Rove indictment is announced Tuesday morning? With Bush's immigration speech coming Monday night, which story runs interference for the other?

Does Bush's address push a Rove indictment beneath-the-fold, or does the Rove story blow the Bush speech completely off the radar?

-MR

[Hubert Flottz]

1. FOX don't even cover Bush's stupid speeches anymore!

They know everyone but the total idiots change the channel the second they see that sickening smirk!

[Fleshdancer]

2. I think the media will go for the Rove indictment

I know I know...I don't have high expectations when it comes to the MSM either, but this is too juicy for them to resist.

[napi21]

3. Rove story will be HEADLINE! And probably front page for several days!

Shrub never says anything at these damn speeches, and certainly nothing newsworthy!

I can't wait to see how the talking heads deal with this news. FOX is probably already going insane! Tweety is catatonic! David Grogory is partying! Keith Olberman is partying A LOT!

[ellenfl]

4. IF rove gets any 'front page' coverage, it will

surely signal that the tide is turning. i'm not holding my breath.

ellen fl

[cally]

5. If * announces he's sending troops to the border,

then the MSM will ignore the Rove indictment. I have no faith in the MSM. They ignore most negative * stories.

[MallRat]

8. That's exactly what I'm thinking.

Hopefully, Fitzgerald will wait for the smoke to clear. I want the Rove story to be a total buzzkill for the White House PR staff.

Maybe wait until Wednesday or Thursday, just as Bush starts to see a tiny "bounce" in his approval numbers...

By Friday, everyone will be saying, "Bush gave an address Monday night? I can't remember." :-)

[IChing]

6. He will need to talk about the immigration that is going

on in his own house and amnesty for the illegals

[Justice Is Comin]

7. That news will

shake the capitol like a 9.5 earthquake.

It'll be as big as the OJ trial.