Maryland elected a Republican governor four years ago - the first in a generation - and the attacks on him began immediately. The democrat-run Legislature attacked every decision and statement Governor Ehrlich made, with the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post acting as enablers - burying positive reports and aggressively publicizing anything that could be twisted to make him look bad.
Maryland has a huge number of political employees - over 7000 were in place by the end of the previous Dem governor's service. Governor Ehrlich removed about 300 of them to put in place people that he wanted in those positions, and the screaming and finger-pointing and INVESTIGATIONS never stopped. (Anyone remember MD4BUSH?)
Millions of dollars were spent on this investigation of something that was totally legal, and customary - except for the fact that no Republican had been elected in so long that the concept of working at the pleasure of the Governor had become an inconvenient distant memory.
I think that Schumer, Emanuel, and the other Dem operatives, such as Russert, Steffi, Schieffer, etc, witnessed this successful persecution of a good man and decided to follow the same template of persecution of President Bush when they got into the majority in our national Legislature.
Republicans should never let Chuck Schumer out for his staffer's STEALING Michael Steele's SS#.
Thanks. Great posting. Yes, there seems to be a script. One huge mistake Bush made was giving them documents. Why? He's made a mess of this. Is it the place to make a stand, or fire Gonzo and make a strategic withdrawl to a more fortified position.
Hopefully even W is starting to get it now. The Dems are not there to get things done, they are there to persecute Bush, prevent Republicans from getting re-elected, raise money for themselves, and push grievance group agendas.