Frogmarch

Scooter Libby has been convicted on four counts of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI. He could get as much as 30 years in prison.

For once in the past six years, actions have consequences. Now PardonWatch begins.

UPDATE: That's kind of interesting, Harry Reid gets right out in front of it:

I welcome the jury’s verdict. It’s about time someone in the Bush Administration has been held accountable for the campaign to manipulate intelligence and discredit war critics. Lewis Libby has been convicted of perjury, but his trial revealed deeper truths about Vice President Cheney’s role in this sordid affair. Now President Bush must pledge not to pardon Libby for his criminal conduct.

The pardon that Bush is going to have to give is to the Vice President. Because I don't think Patrick Fitzgerald is done. In his closing statement he said that "there is a cloud over the Vice Presidency."

The right is going crazy because they know that this culture of rule by intimidation is ending. In this sense Iglesiasgate and the Plame case are the same. People aren't going to be cowed into submission by this runaway Presidency anymore. The law will assert itself.