Senators: Please Make Condi answer some questions

Next Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding hearings on the nomination of Condi Rice as Secretary of State. Please, please, please make her answer some questions this time around.

Last spring, Rice appeared before the 9/11 Commission after much resistance. Her performance was a lesson in filibustering. She never answered any questions, especially about the August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing which warned that Al Qaeda was prepared to attack in America. In fact, the document was titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US." Condi never did explain why, with such a dire warning, Bush stayed on his ranch in Texas.

The 9/11 Commission did an admirable job. But their format precluded tough questioning. Maybe, just maybe, a Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee will ask Dr. Rice some questions she will have to answer.

Democrats have never held Bush accountable for what happened on 9/11. They have been conditioned to act like questioning his actions is somehow unpatriotic. Throughout the campaign, Bush talked about never returning to the September 10th mindset. Bush and Rice never had to explain their August 6th mindset.

Make Condi explain it next week, please.