[Spotsy]

I'm guessing that the Pubbies and White House didn't object to having a bunch of partisan hacks, plus Cosmic Kerrey, named to the 9/11 Commission because these characters provide due cause for the administration to dismiss the findings (blame) and recommendations if they don't them.

It's a calculated risk - hoping public will see these hacks for what they are, while garnering sympathy for the White House.

I would like to know more about the process by which the Commissioners were named. How many were named by the White House, how many by Congress, and were each party's picks subject to approval by the opposition?

[alex]

But I think that it is time to make an issue out of this. I doubt that they will remove him, but the need to explain why their are not removing him will will be good enough (and I hope that we can press the issue to that level).