Has The Spin Machine has shut down?

Liberal Oasis observes that the Republican attempts to spin Patrick Fitzgerald as an out of control prosecutor have all but stopped.

From the beginning, the GOP spin was: there was no crime committed in the blowing of Valerie Plame Wilson’s identity, and besides, Joe Wilson is liar.

This spin was pushed hard this past July, after Karl Rove was fingered as the secret source of Time Magazine’s Matt Cooper, with RNC Chair Ken Mehlman trashing the Wilsons wherever he could find a camera.

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But the GOP spin effort in July never took. Polls showed the public supportive of the investigation and partial to Rove resigning.

And the “runaway prosecutor” line crumbled when Miller put her alleged principles aside and sang to get out of jail.

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There are no current signs of a coordinated spin effort to discredit Fitzgerald or defame the Wilsons.

Ken Mehlman isn’t doing anything to counter the rumors and defend Rove and top Cheney aide Scooter Libby. Conservative pundits aren’t hammering Joe Wilson.

It appears that Karl Rove and Scooter Libby have already been written off. Other WH operatives are already trying to replace Rove and there is some indication that Cheney has been taken out of the loop. It has been reported that Cheney heard of the Harriet Miers nomination from Andy Card after the decision had been made.