The Bush domestic spying scandal has raised serious issues for Republicans as well as Democrats. At least that's what the Christian Science Monitor says today. Now, they might get kicked out of the traditional media club for reporting the news -- not the GOP spin:
In open hearings and behind closed doors, the Senate this week opened a broad - and often tense - dialogue with the Bush administration over the president's wartime powers.Maybe one or two of the Democratic consulting brain trust (the ones who've led us to the place where we don't have the White House, the Senate or the House) will read this article. Maybe, they'll understand that this spying scandal is a major issue -- even Republicans have figured that out -- including GOPers in tough races like Heather Wilson as John posted below.
It's more than just a probe into who authorized what, when, and why in a recently disclosed domestic eavesdropping program. If the president is not checked, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle argue, then the constitutional balance of power could shift away from the Congress for at least a generation.
"I'm for the president's inherent authority to conduct the war, but not to neuter the other two branches," says Sen. Lindsey Graham (news, bio, voting record) (R) of South Carolina, one of four Republicans on the Senate Judiciary panel to challenge the White House interpretation of presidential war powers.
It would be great if those Democratic smarty-pants realized that they can't ignore issues, they have to develop strategies to shape them. Okay...I know. Thinking strategically about how to win might just be too much to ask.
