I was in the camp with Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham: the additional 45 days would have been good to shed more light on the issue, while excoriating Democrats for making a political issue out of this. As more facts came out in the hearings, more support would have emerged for President Bush.
Instead, President Bush basically said, "trust me, it's a good deal", and that he'd veto any bill that overturned the DPW deal.
A very short time later, the deal is cancelled, amid statements that anyone who had opposed the deal was racist towards Muslims.
If my synopsis is generally accurate, then the WH staff needs to resign now. This country, and this President, is being ill-served by a staff that is out of touch with its base. I firmly believe that they are worn out and bereft of new ideas, and have lost the "eye of the tiger." I haven't seen them seriously engage the Democrats on policy issues since the election, and it looks like they're just trying to run out the clock.
Can someone out there tell me that I'm wrong? I need to start getting enthused about the 2006 election.
Looks to me like you've had enough FReeping time to have a pretty darned good handle on things.
You're wrong.
Don't even try to thank me.
Then what pray tell was the 45-day review for? Everyone found common ground over that issue. It wasn't until facts started seeping to the surface, Congress flinched and killed the deal.
If my synopsis is generally accurate, then the WH staff needs to resign now.
By complying with the law?