Actually this would be an excellent time for the admistration to hit a home run. Play up the fact that disloyal career civil servants were pursuing their own agenda directly contrary to the adminstration's position. Highlight the number of holdovers, the difficulting in removing troublemakers, and the high degree of beauracratic insulation from accountability. Talk about a divided gov't.
Then parallel it with the 'what did he know' scenario garbage. Show how renagade bureaucrats can wreck havok within our gov't, offering misleading and damaging leaks, and withholding vital information. Cuts out any potential legs for these witch-hunt Congressional investigations, highlights the real problems of a divided gov't, and gives Bush a stronger platform to start campaigning the public for a housecleaning, both inside the agencies and in November.
Actually this would be an excellent time for the admistration to hit a home run. Play up the fact that disloyal career civil servants were pursuing their own agenda directly contrary to the adminstration's position. Highlight the number of holdovers, the difficulting in removing troublemakers, and the high degree of beauracratic insulation from accountability. Talk about a divided gov't. Then parallel it with the 'what did he know' scenario garbage. Show how renagade bureaucrats can wreck havok within our gov't, offering misleading and damaging leaks, and withholding vital information. Cuts out any potential legs for these witch-hunt Congressional investigations, highlights the real problems of a divided gov't, and gives Bush a stronger platform to start campaigning the public for a housecleaning, both inside the agencies and in November.
Outstanding post and thoughts.
Think we'll take the ball and go on the offensive?
Doubt it. Prevent defense is all we know and all we do.
Re#288 While a good idea in theory, the pressholes would not connect the dots for the benefit of the administration. Gotta keep it simple and take it straight to the sheeple. It's working so far...