Scooter Takes the Bullet: Reynolds has a good roundup here. And Jeff's "preliminary thoughts" have exploded into a full-blown update-o-rama here.

What is there to say? Nobody on the left will be satisfied with this outcome. On the right, they're in a bind. What are they going to say? That a charge unrelated (or only tangentially related) to the investigation is illegitimate? Explain to me again exactly how Monica's blowjob was related to Whitewater.

I'll bet Scoot will be exonerated, else pardoned as Dubya leaves office. For now, let's have this be the end of the special prosecutor culture in DC. For chrissake, I'm surprised Harriet Miers wasn't indicted for impersonating a judicial nominee.