Posted on 02/25/2002 10:29:22 AM PST by gopusa.com
It was rumored at the first of the year that the Democratic party and its network of left-leaning public interest groups recognized that it was suffering repeated and significant political defeats. The answer to this erosion of political support was said to be a planned broad and invigorated full court press directed at what has become a powerful, and inspiring, Presidential administration, one that is decidedly conservative in principle.
The reality of this position can be seen pretty clearly without a great deal of research. Henry Waxman has been rebuffed for nearly a year over his demands for documents from the Vice Presidents energy task force. His response has been to manipulate the congressional General Accounting Office to sue the administration over the demand, in a lawsuit intended to test executive privilege and the separation of powers.
Read the complete column at http://www.gopusa.com/greggbish/gb_0225.shtml
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