The big debate Monday night on Blogs4Bauer’s liveblog of Hour 14 was the status of moles.

Right now, it seems as if there are so many moles in the White House, the Rose Garden should collapse in on itself.

Let’s look at the candidates, shall we?

Olivia Taylor

Pro: The first daughter looks awfully good in the Mole Olympics. She’s sneaky, duplicitous and not afraid to wallow in the mud. She played dirty tricks during mommy’s campaign for the presidency, which is what caused them to have a falling out. Now, she’s totally on the dark side, being back in her mom’s good graces. Nearly getting killed by a crazy African dictator will do that for a relationship. She’s totally trying to get Ethan fired and there’s no doubt that she lined up that TV guy to lie for her about his sources to cover her ass. Did you see that smirk when Ethan came up to her after being confronted about that guy being killed in the hospital? She’s the best manipulative beyotch this show has had since Sherri Palmer.

Con: Whatever Sherri Palmer did, she never knowingly betrayed the nation to a crazed dictator. The more you compare Olivia Taylor to Sherri Palmer, the less likely it seems she’s the mole. Plus, she’s SO obvious. They’ve practically bashed us over the head with clues that she’s the mole, so she probably isn’t.

Ethan Kanin

Pro: The money was on him from Hour 1 (I almost said Day 1, but on 24, that doesn’t really work). He always has these sneaky looks on his face. He advocated letting Jack torture. He let Jack go in to the hospital room (did he know that someone was going in there to kill the witness and Jack would get framed for it? Hmm?). The camera’s always lingering on him, too. He is totally all shifty-eyed.

Con: He’s perhaps the only one more obvious to be the mole than Olivia Taylor. And he advocated letting Jack torture someone!

Janis Gold

Pro: Honestly, she hadn’t even occurred to me until Monday as we were watching. She’s so suspicious of everyone, though, and is so quick to rat everyone else out. She totally HAS to know everything that’s going on and can’t stand to be on the outside. She’s the go-to girl when it comes to ‘puters in the office. And she ratted out Chloe! Plus, the guys who absolutely hate her because she’s played by a known liberal will forever love Howard Gordon & Co. if she turns out to be the mole.

Con: She ratted out Chloe, thereby chancing that she’d be exposed. And she’s such an easy target, as a good portion of the show’s fanbase hates her simply b/c she’s played by Janene Garafolo; would they go the easy route?

Tony Almeida

Pro: Where was Tony the last couple hours? And making him the bad guy would totally give viewers whiplash.

Con: Um, he’s TONY. They just brought him back from the dead. They wouldn’t, couldn’t, shouldn’t do that to Adam’s and Rickey’s fragile emotions.

President Allison Taylor

Pro: OK, I know I’m reaching here, but what would 24 be without wholly preposterous plots? After all, Season 5 ended with the total gut-check that the President was in on it all from the beginning! They’ve done it before and they can do it again.

Con: Really? Her? Don’t think so.

There is no other mole

Pro: Haven’t we had enough already this season?

Con: Come on, get real.

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