[no dems]

Forgive my ignorance but someone please tell me who appointed this commission.

[Miss Marple]

Congress created the commission. The President appointed the Republicans and Tom Daschle appointed the democrats.

You will recall, perhaps, that the original chairman was supposed to be Henry Kissinger, but the democrats put up a big howl because of (ta-da) conflict of interest. Kean was named when Kissinger stepped down.