“What is of most concern is that the president handle it properly — that he ask [officials who are indicted] to step down; that he not vacillate, not equivocate; that he be decisive.”
Christopher Shays
“This story's going to have legs if somebody gets indicted. I think the president has to lance the boil directly?. It starts with facing reality, accepting your share of responsibility without blinking.”
David Gergen
“I'm not concerned about the indictment being dismissed.”
Louis Franklin
“Town Council is concerned about the indictments and there are some decisions that have to be made in the near future.”
Michael Abbott
“No white boy from Washington can walk into Africa and indict a sitting African president,”
Charles Taylor
“If he was indicted, that would have been a huge problem for the president. He would have been gone. Obviously there are other people there, but no one is like Karl Rove.”
Scott Walker
“(Although) there's no existing evidence here that Karl Rove is about to be indicted ... the president has to make a determination as to whether or not he wants to be preoccupied with legal issues around the White House, ... Fox News Sunday.”
Christopher Dodd