Karl Currently

Karl Rove hasn't slowed down. Not according to a US News and World Report short piece:

The recent controversy swirling around Karl Rove hasn't slowed him a bit. That's according to White House insiders who say Bush's political boy genius is as engaged as ever in high-level decision making despite all the attacks by angry Democrats alleging he improperly--and possibly illegally--outed a covert CIA operative. Rove was a key player behind the recently passed transportation and energy bills, and now he's planning Bush's fall agenda, which will include a renewed push for Social Security overhaul, changes in immigration law, and tax restructuring. Says a White House insider who talks to Rove regularly, "He is as instrumental as he ever was."

The tactic of going after Roberts upon his nomination to the Supreme Court seems to have taken precious attention away from this story. The Plame Affair deserves much more than the 2 week news cycle read it received.