John Ashcroft has plenty to answer for regarding his failures leading up to 9/11, so he decides to attack the 9/11 Commission in a pathetic attempt to avoid scrutiny of his own shortcomings.
Author: Gerardo Orlando (Page 159 of 169)
Great quote from Howard Dean:
I’m not going to say somebody should resign or something like that. But I will say this: [Rep.] Ray LaHood [an Illinois Republican] says they should get rid of the page program. They should not get rid of the page program. They should get rid of the people who run the page program, and that’s the Republican leadership. In the past, when things like this happened, they acted in unison in a bipartisan way to deal with it. Here they keep [Rep.] Dale Kildee [a Michigan Democrat] in the dark; they never even told the Democrats who were supervising the page program about this. They didn’t let our side of the aisle know. Why? Because, they considered this a political problem. This is not a political problem. This is a human problem, and it should have been dealt with a year ago.
It’s so humorous sometimes listening to Chris Matthews analyze an issue in real time. He often gets so caught up in the moment or one point that he completely loses all analytical skills.
Matthews seems to think that Hastert did well in today’s press conference. Naturally, he’s missing the point. He and his guests are not addressing one critical fact – Hastert failed to notify the Democratic member of the page board! That fact makes clear that Hastert was more concerned about politics than getting to the bottom of Foley’s problems with pages.
Speculation is growing that Barack Obama might be serious about making a presidential run in 2008. Jonathan Alter makes a compelling case that the chances for a run by Obama are increasing.
Josh Marshall is all over this story, and he sums up the issues nicely with his latest post. The GOP has plenty to answer for – what did the leadership know and when did they know it. This story has legs.
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