[Miss Marple]

The point of these investigations, which will be shown extensively on television, is to portray the Republicans as malicious, corrupt, and incompetent.

It is the beginning of the 2008 campaign. We need to figure out how to counter this bogus hearing strategy.

[aligncare]

The solution to Iraq, say the media literati, can no longer be military but must be achieved politically....

Maybe the solution to our democrat problem is just the opposite ;-)

[Morgan in Denver]

I TOTALLY agree with you. One item we need to address is how to counter this bias? I know I'm thinking of how best to do it.

Reacting to individual attacks may not be the best way and invites criticism of "they all do it" or the GOP is just like the Democrats. OTOH, we have allowed too many attacts to happen that has hurt our credibility.

My sense is to set the agenda, with standards, and oppose either Republicans or Democrats who are on the other side.

[Mo1]

"The point of these investigations, which will be shown extensively on television, is to portray the Republicans as malicious, corrupt, and incompetent.
It is the beginning of the 2008 campaign. We need to figure out how to counter this bogus hearing strategy."


Yep!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15365610/site/newsweek
(snip)
Dingell is careful to say he is not out to get George W. Bush, or the Republicans, and insists he will extend his hand to his GOP colleagues and conduct "oversight thoughtfully and responsibly." He says "there's no list" of things he wants to investigate. But in the next breath, he quickly ticks off a list of things he wants to investigate: The Bush administration's handling of port security and the threat of nuclear smuggling; computer privacy; climate change; concentration of media ownership; the new Medicare Part D program, which he calls a "massive scandal," and the secret meetings of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force. "This is a hardheaded administration," Dingell says. "So we'll probably have lots of hearings."