Digby points to statements by Iowa Governor Vilsack to the effect that Democrats should be careful how they attack the President’s illegal domestic spying:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2006_02_05_digbysblog_archive.html#113928811780836470
We can take safely Vilsack off the list of possible next presidents if he all he cares about is process.
Harboring hopes that the Senate Judiciary Committee might do the right thing and find that the President violated FISA? Look at the composition of the committee:
http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm
Which two of the Republicans on this list do you reckon will take principled stands? I don’t see it. If anyone, I would go with Specter and Graham, but it would be a major surprise.
Steve Gilliard reports that Rove is putting the squeeze on these Republican committee members and threatening to hold back White House support in the mid-term elections:
http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2006/02/karl-rove-blackmails-senate.html
Or is Rove threatening that the President will campaign FOR the Senator if he defects from the party line?
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