The UK magazine looks at the "Three clashing branches" in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and (in its typical fashion) finds validity on both sides of the issue. However, this closing paragraph reveals why Attorney General Alberto Gonzales isn't looking for packing boxes:
For Mr Bush's critics, both Republicans and Democrats, this tale reinforces two conclusions they drew some time ago. First, Mr Bush is asserting greater executive power, at the expense of other branches of government, than any previous chief executive. And second, the president is too fond of mediocre loyalists such as Mr Gonzales. That said, if he sacks him, he will have a heck of a job getting a replacement confirmed by the Senate.The relationship between the White House and the Senate Judiciary committee was poisonous when it was still headed by Republicans. In the hands of Patrick Leahy and Chuck "Where's my camera?" Schumer, oh boy, not good.
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Yeah, having to follow that FDR and Lincoln "competence" thing can be a real legacy killer.
What, exactly, is it that makes Schumer's or Joe Biden's frequent Sunday morning TV spots more egregious to you than Trent Lott's, or Lindsey Graham's, or Condoleezza Rice's, or John McCain's, or Chuck Hagel's? Such a mystery!
I'll put it this way: although possibly all politicians are arrogant, Schumer and Biden take self-regard to a new level. The joke in Washington is that the most dangerous place in the world is between Schumer and a television camera. Meanwhile, Biden speaks in a measured tone that drives me half-insane, as if every word must be carefully pronounced and given a certain gravity so that a chorus of historians can carefully record his great utterances.
This is why, IIRC, when given fifteen minutes to question Judge Roberts for the Supreme Court (or was it Alito?) he used all his time making a statement, before asking a single question.
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