Demagogue

The AP reports:

WASHINGTON -- Juggling appearances before a grand jury and conservative admirers didn’t seem to make sense, so presidential adviser Karl Rove has canceled three such outings as he waits to hear whether he or anyone else will be indicted in the leak of a CIA officer’s identity.

Rove canceled plans to attend two Republican fund-raisers, the national party confirmed Tuesday. And he did not give his scheduled speech to the conservative Hudson Institute think tank on Oct. 11.

A source tells me that long before Rove's office announced these schedule changes, the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Jerry Kilgore in Virginia politely asked Rove not to visit the state for a Kilgore fundraiser.

Yeah, I can just imagine how the head table at such a fundraiser might introduce the White House's Rasputin: "And, ladies and gentlemen, we're so pleased to have with us tonight the as-of-now-unindicted Karl Rove."