How about Emperor demise?
Some of the undercurrents coming out of Washington indicate that GWBush is trying to get his own Dept. of Justice to block the indictments coming down the pipe from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. Rumors that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales refused to sign for and issue the indictments againsnst himself and his colleagues were quashed by DC district and appellate courts.
If this is true, then these are machinations of an emperor flailing about trying to save himself and his whole list of appointees from sure <disaster.>