The left-wing blogosphere is buzzing with excitement over the possibility that the long-awaited “Fitzmas” might finally arrive. “It may be time to make a trip to the champagne store,” writes Atrios. The cause for their new hopefulness is a report by MSNBC’s David Shuster which begins:

While his supporters continue to put on a good face, sources close to Karl Rove say the presidential advisor is now more worried, not less, that he is going to get indicted. The sources say Rove was surprised by some of the questions he was asked and by the fact that the session stretched on for three and a half hours.

There is speculation that Fitzgerald’s grand jury will indict Rove when it meets again tomorrow. But — excuse the expression — sources close to Rove are quite confident that no action will be taken either tomorrow or in the next few weeks. Of course, no one who is not Patrick Fitzgerald can speak with total confidence, but it does not appear that there are any plans to indict Rove in the immediate future. Does that mean never? Those sources remain confident that Rove will ultimately be cleared, but there is no way to say that now. Still, it is possible to say that you can probably put off that trip to the champagne store for a while.