"He writes this as if this possibility is a BAD thing for the GOP..."
I agree. He is saying this is bad for the libs. Note he says it "would cast an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT shadow on the matter". This can only mean the facts pointing AWAY from this Administration and in another direction. You can't get more "entirely different" then that. we all seem to think that this is foreshadowing Dems in Dutch.
Cooper just stated that Rove was his source. But if they both agree that the original call was about another issue, and that Cooper brought up the Plame/Wilson thing, and that Rove answered something like 'Yeah, I heard that too...", then
HOW can Rove be his initial source????????????????