[Eastbound]

"He was also responsible for the decision to make the investigation broad enough to threaten numerous Republican senators to avoid any charge of partisanship, . . . "

Didn't that pre-empt any move by the dems to charge partianship? I see nothing wrong with that strategy. Would you rather the committe got bogged down with side issues?

[Iconoclast2]

How can a minority “bog down” what the majority wants to do if the majority votes to limit the investigation to the White House? IMHO, if the Government had shut down on account of filibusters to prevent an investigation into Red Chinese funding of the 1996 election, Republicans would have gained enormous political capital.