House Committee Holds Rove in Contempt!

The campaign to Send Karl Rove to Jail just won a major victory this morning  The House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Rove in contempt by a 20-14 vote, and it was your efforts that made this a reality! 

Just 12 days ago, we were pointing out Rove's arrogance and blatant disregard for the law when we launched our video and petition drive.  But in the last week-and-a-half, you raised over 127,000 signatures, 40,000 of which came within the first 24 hours.  

This fervor attracted other progressive groups to our cause, including CREDO Mobile, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, The Nation, Campaign for America's Future, Progress Now, and People for the American Way.  And each organization helped gather more signatures for our list—CREDO Mobile and PFAW added tens of thousands of names alone.

The petition drive culminated yesterday, when I headed down to DC in the blistering heat to hand-deliver three boxes worth of signatures to Capitol Hill.  Together with Drew Courtney of PFAW and Isaiah Poole of CAF, we took our message to HJC member Linda Sanchez (D-CA), crowding into Sanchez's  Longworth House office surrounded by press and congressional staffers.

Sanchez, who has been a true leader in the fight to hold Rove in contempt, was visibly impressed by the sheer number of signatures.  "I think it's ridiculous that Karl Rove thinks that he doesn't have to follow the law," Sanchez told me.  "And nobody in this country should be above the law."  Judging from today's HJC ruling, Sanchez was as good as her word.