My turn to comment on the Plame scandal. The issue seems to be resonating among conservatives. I went over to the absurdly conservative, wildly pro-Bush, and often tragically fallacious arch-conservative (but popular) weblog RightWingNews.com to sample some conservative reaction:

Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views): First off, even though this looks as if it is far from the malicious leak that it was originally portrayed as, the "senior administration official" who let this drop should be fired. There is simply no excuse for putting the identity of a covert agent into the hands of the press.

At first glance, therefore, it doesn't seem like this is something Bush can let slide. Conservatives have a reputation for being rabidly concerned about national security, loyalty, not betraying our patriots, and so on. They may even be more disturbed by the issue than non-conservatives. Perhaps I'll go snooping for more conservative responses when I have time.