[HOYA97]

I guess the one question I have is who was responsible for forming this commission and what if any vetting of members was done in advance. I suspect that the republicans did not do their homework on this one. That makes me almost as made as having this lunatic "Gorelick" on this so-called commission.

[Eva]

The Democrats picked the Democrats and the Republicans picked their representatives. The Republicans picked people that they thought would be non-partisan, but fair. The Democrats picked the most vicious partisans that they could find.

[r9etb]

suspect that the republicans did not do their homework on this one. That makes me almost as made as having this lunatic "Gorelick" on this so-called commission.

It's more amusing if you consider the possibility that they did do their homework. Remember that Bush initially opposed the formation of this commission, and Condi Rice was very explicit about the difficulties of collecting and disseminating good intel, due to the Clintonian restrictions outlined here.

It's already quite obvious that the Democrats on the commission are compromised -- this just makes it more obvious. It's an interesting and effective way for Bush to cast blame where it belongs.

[herzo]

Could it have been much better than having Gorelick shown to be the biased examiner that she is through her prior actions???