Cheney Should Go, Really, but Not Like This

Ok. Scooter's guilty. If an independent prosecutor can't find someone (anyone) in the current administration guilty of lying, he would merely be proving himself to be neither independent nor a prosecutor. But kudos, Mr. Peterson. Though this wasn't an attack on the president himself, and was merely at times an absentia trial for Cheney, you didn't allow it to get ugly or too political. Though you weren't able to bring down one of the bog dogs, you were able to implicate them beyond defense in the public's eye.
Many now see the damning look into the Bush Whitehouse that the Libby trial provided could punch Cheney's one-way ticket back to Wyoming. Since Cheney is the type of guy who would set up his closest political aide to be his scapegoat for a horrible sin that was lost and overshadowed by myriad of other sins, I doubt that he's they kind of guy that would easily step down from his mighty perch.
Unfortunately, I think that the only way that he will leave office early is if he is forced out by an official investigation in Congress. This would require enormous political capitol on the part of the Democrats, because they would need serious support from the other side of the aisle to give the investigation any teeth. So, even if the planets were to align properly, any serious discussion of pre-war intelligence would require the Dems to abandon any serious legislation regarding our current "strategy" in Iraq.
As much as I'd love for Cheney to turn in his badge, I don't think that the country can afford the lengthy distraction that his investigation would necessitate. And while Bubba W has earned his own investigation, that too would prove to be a disastrous waste of time.
Ken Starr may have just been doing his job back in the day, but both parties spent entirely too much time and money to embarrass one man. Bush and Cheney committed actual crimes, but it would exacerbate their crimes even further to ignore the war they created to punish them.
So, Senator Schumer, put away your dagger and your mascara. Stay away from the cameras a little bit longer and fight the good fight, if you can.