Must read John Dean
In short, the Bush White House is not bluffing with this act of defiance. Rather, the White House truly wants to test, and attempt to expand, presidential power. Bush’s White House is ready, willing, and able to play hardball. Indeed, the White House may actually be trying to bait the House Judiciary Committee and the House of Representatives into voting to deem Ms. Miers in contempt of congress.
Somewhere, sharing space with the worms under a slimy rock, Nixon is heard to croak…“Get ‘em boys…get ‘em…”
