With Libby indicted, attention turns to Cheney’s inner circle. Who was there? What were they all about? How did they get us into this mess?

I’ve got a bit more on today’s developments over at The Reaction. But also make sure to keep checking back for more from Joe, me, and my fellow co-bloggers through the weekend.

Rumors are rampant and speculation runs wild. (See last night’s round-up of the pre-indictment scene.) Today brought more of the same (if no indictments or anything else of much substance). I won’t add much here to Joe’s recent posts on Plamegate, but I’ve done another round-up of reaction over at The Reaction, should you care to read what the brighter lights of the blogosphere are saying in advance of expected indictments. Plus, I discuss how Democrats ought to respond to...

And so it’s over. I have the last installment of my Miers Withdrawal Watch over at The Reaction. And now it’s time to turn to the question of who the next nominee will be… My prediction: McConnell, Sykes, or Callahan. Maybe.

Even as we obsess over Miers and Plamegate (and I’ve blogged about little else lately), Darfur continues to suffer through genocide. But does anyone care? I’ve got some of the latest here. This is very, very serious. We should all be paying much closer attention to what’s going on in Darfur. And we should all be demanding that something be done about it.

Yes, how petty our preoccupations seem. Here’s a post on Zimbabwe’s so-called “dust people”. Live8 notwithstanding, hardly anyone pays attention to Africa, let alone to Darfur, let alone to Zimbabwe. Yet Mugabe is terrorizing his people in an effort to “cleanse” his country of undesirables. Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless. How many have died?

Yes, Denny’s got a blog. And I’ve got some reaction.

I’ve got Part 4 of the MWW over at The Reaction. It may seem like piling on at this point, but it’s a terribly important story. Highlights: The mediocrity of Miers’s legal career in Texas. Captain’s Quarters finally turns against Miers. More of Professor Bainbridge’s anti-Miers case.

In an interesting (and misleading) post, The Truth Laid Bear notes that the Times — that would be The New York Times, America’s paper of record (Judith Miller notwithstanding) — is just a bit more popular, in terms of “unique visitors,” than Daily Kos. But, of course, TTLB is referring to nytimes.com, not to the Times as a whole. Lest we forget, there’s still a rather popular paper version out there.

…and the triumph of money. My Sign of the Apocalypse #24.

Yes, you read that correctly. The city of Rome (the one in Italy) has banned goldfish bowls — or, rather, the keeping of fish in goldfish bowls.

From The Wall Street Journal: A new Harris Interactive poll shows American sentiment about the situation in Iraq remains generally gloomy, with fewer than a quarter of Americans saying they are confident U.S. policies in Iraq will be successful. For the first time, a majority of Americans (53%) feels that military action in Iraq was the wrong thing to do, according to the survey of 1,833 U.S. adults, compared with 34% who feel it was right. At the same time, 66% of U.S. adults now say President Bush...

As promised, I have a round-up of reaction in the blogosphere to President Bush’s nomination of Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman. I include blogs from across the political spectrum. For my initial post on the nomination, see below.

See here for my update, along with new images. StormTrack: “Surface pressures of the Mid-Atlantic are dropping steadily as Hurricane Wilma continues to gain strength. The latest advisory lists Wilma as a strong Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph and a central pressure of 959 mb. Wilma is racing northeast at 47 mph. That is very very very fast for a hurricane.”

Breaking news: President Bush nominated today Ben S. Bernanke, his top economic adviser, to replace Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Calling Mr. Bernanke the “right man to build on the record that Alan Greenspan has established,” Mr. Bush emphasized the nominee’s “record of excellence as both an academic and policy maker.” He spoke at the White House flanked by Mr. Bernanke and Mr. Greenspan. “He’s earned a reputation for intellectual...

On a lighter (maybe) note, there’s been another Sign of the Apocalypse: Cameron Diaz lecturing at Stanford. How exactly does this contribute to academic excellence?

And prepares to head up the East Coast (click image to expand). For all the latest, see StormTracker’s update: Overnight Wilma has strengthened into a major hurricane, despite having a large and ragged eye… Satellite imagery indicates that Wilma has been weakening over land. (Not that this comes as a surprise.) However, Wilma’s eye remains intact which could allow for restrengthening over the Atlantic… After Wilma moves past Florida is when things are going to get really...

Joe did a great round-up yesterday (see below). For those of you who are interested, I’ve also got the second part of my Miers Withdrawal Watch at The Reaction. Check it out. I won’t repost the whole MWW2, but here’s my reaction to George Will’s latest critique of the Miers nomination in The Washington Post: I’m hardly a conservative critic of the Miers nomination, but Will is right: This is about “excellence,” Miers’s lack thereof, and “Bush’s...

(Cross-posted at The Reaction.) Thanks to Steve Clemons at The Washington Note, we have this: Jeffrey Goldberg has written a critique in The New Yorker of the Bush White House that equals Ron Suskind’s devastating critique of Bush before the last election titled “Without a Doubt.” In “Breaking Ranks: What Turned Brent Scowcroft Against the Bush Administration?”, Jeffrey Goldberg coaxes Brent Scowcroft to delineate his differences with the foreign policy proclivities...

It’s going to happen. I’ve started a “Miers Withdrawal Watch” (including continuing coverage of reactions from around the blogosphere) at The Reaction. Click here for Part 1. Highlights: According to The Washington Times, “[t]he White House has begun making contingency plans for the withdrawal of Harriet Miers as President Bush’s choice to fill a seat on the Supreme Court”. RedState.org, which despite its concerns has generally thought that Miers would be...

A couple of odd stories from CNN, both car-related. I’ve got the links here.

Is he praying or urinating? Or it is just his corrupt little life flashing before his eyes? I’ve got more on DeLay’s first day in court over at The Reaction, with some other reaction from the blogosphere. Including: Fellow Tufts grad Majikthise is leading the way with her “perp walk” watch (including some great photos). Scroll down for all her recent posts.

(No, not Tom DeLay.) It seems that a Norway rat has outsmarted scientists from the University of Auckland (New Zealand). A great (and quite humorous) story.

In case you haven’t heard, one of the winners of Wednesday’s Powerball lottery was… Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire. Seems the rich get richer, even when it’s all about luck.

See here for all the latest on Hurricane Wilma. StormTrack is cautious, but: “It’s looking like Wilma may be much weaker than thought when she approaches Florida… A Category 2 landfall in Florida is most likely.” But, of course, things could change.