Its not clear if this serious bureaucratic blunder by the Bush administration will turn into a damaging political event. These things sometimes have a way of moving off the radar screen never to be seen again. The 45 day review could be a positive for Bush. If its seen as a way to gloss over the issue, then it will stick in the memory for most conservatives. The Congress must address this issue for the long term and change the law that governs these CFIUS decisions.
Time will tell.
The stridency of the attacks on conservative critics of the Administration have reached new levels...or should I say descended to new depths.
That's going to have a longlasting negative effect no matter what.
But the usefulness of the whole thing for Dems is likely to be very shortlived in any case. Speaking out on behalf of national security is just too out of character for them.
they could spin this to a positive in 10 minutes.
use this deal as the turnkey for a comprehensive improvement in port security, with DPW being the first company to be "signed up".
but instead, they appear to want to just try and run out the 45 day clock and push it through "as is". they were saying nothing when the story was exploding for days, then they pounced on it with the "you are a xenophobe, we'll veto it" message, then they were not in favor of the 45 day extension that everyone knew was coming anyway. so when do they realize they have to compromise, on day 30 of 45?