With regard to Congress subpoenas and today’s White House claims of Executive Privilege (pdf) MoA commentator Uncle $cam predicts:
The Senate will now rise for the daily invocation, pledge of allegiance and buggering.
If it does go to the SCOTUS I’m curious if a Roberts court would consent to hear the case on an expedited basis or if it would drag out till at least the end of next year.
My guess: right now the entire Bush system is trying to hold it’s breath until the end of his term on everything. Don’t pull the troops out, let the next president do it and take the blame for losing the war, –that is if they don’t decide to stay by bombing Iran–, fight all subpoenas to their buddies on the Supreme Court, with as many delaying tactics as possible in between. It’s all a delaying tactic.
And the dems will let them, because they do not want to diminish their chances for that executive power, even though they might and probably will lose.
I agree with that and want to emphasize the possibility of the dems losing the next elections. Maybe not in terms of Congress seats, but the Presidency is certainly not secured for them.
The 2008 election season will be about Iraq, Iraq and Iraq. The Democrats will have to argue for leaving Iraq asap or they will lose their base. But that leaves their flank open for "soft on …" attacks.
To preempt such Democrats must show agressiveness towards their enemies and to do so now. The obvious enemy, despised by a huge majority of the people, is the Bush/Cheney regime. The Dems have to attack that enemy fast and furious.
That and only that can invalidate the otherwise guaranteed and justified election slogans of "Dems soft on …" kind. Don’t disregard such slogans. Security, even undefined, is a very basic concern for most people. Mixed with a few terror alerts, "soft on…" claims are very, very effective.