Subpoena.

Post a guy at every door to the White House. Let em invoke executive priveledge. The court of public opinion finds the defendants guilty of something to hide.

The Bush gang has repeatedly lied under oath.

What on Earth would prevent them from lying when they are not under oath?

Issue subpoenas, let Bush stand on a mountain top screaming into the wind against them, and then when they don't appear, arrest and jail them until they testify.

If we can do it journalists, why can't we do it to staff members on the public payroll?

Leahy and Conyers issued statements rejecting the Usurper's deal. Subpoena Day is tomorrow.

or, as in the Godfather saga, 'going to the mattresses . . .'

Bush will lose this and lose badly and if he wasn't such a spolied brat, he might even recognize the pointless fight he's picking with the Constitution. But he is. And he's poisoned the GOP for a decade at least.

but damn, I can't even find him. His dad likes me and Pops anyway.

If Gonzalez & co. are blameless, innocent, did nothing wrong (or whatever), WHY are they resisting testifying under oath?

Somebody's gotta 'splain that one to me.

My grandpappy used to tell a story about an old tomcat that liked to torment this shopkeeper's ferocious dog by sitting, licking his paws nonchalantly, just six inches outside the reach of the dog's chain. The dog wasn't too smart; every damn time he saw that cat he'd come barreling down the alley and get jerked off his feet at the very last second. That didn't seem fair, so one day Grandpa snuck in there and added a foot's worth of chain. A little later that day, there was one very surprised cat.

The new balance in congress is like that extra foot of chain. I don't have to tell you who the cat is.

I can't wait to hear how Congressional Republican respond to this one. Are they going to defend Bush again? Or will this be the tipping point, when he starts losing truly substantial numbers to the forces of modest accountability?

The Democrats cannot back down. Take it to the courts. Force Congressional Republicans to pick a side. Turn it into the showdown of the century.

And screw David Broder when he take the president's side.

It's the little things that bring the pride-swollen back to the ground, and hard. If Bushit goes with executive priviledge after the subpoenas tomorrow, we may we be on the road where tricky dickie was in '73. I'd love to see widdle georgie waving goodbye from Airfarce One.

"Bin Laden has my MONEY"

I though that was China.

It's situations like this that make me wish for the parlimentary system and the ol' "vote of confidence." If ever there was an entire gang that needed to be thrown out, it was this bunch.

What power does Bush have over Miers' testimony? She doesn't work for him any more.

I'd be interested in Salon doing some research regarding the subpoena power of Congress and any challenges it has faced in the past. With the current sitting courts, I won't place my money on a swift or favorable resolution. We are after all talking about the branch of government that created a brand new right in order to short circuit the process detailed in the Constitution for electing a President in order to install Bush.

Check out Glenn Greenwald, if you haven't already.

It astounds me how tone deaf this administration can be. Do they really have no clue as to how today's "offer" of cooperation sounds to the general public? With approval ratings already in the ground, and a whiff of scandal brewing, Fielding offers up the testimony of Presidential aides BUT ONLY IF:

1. We can keep their testimony secret from the American public

2. You don't require any of them to promise to tell the truth

What is the average voter to make of that? This is not a national security issue. In a democracy we're SUPPOSED to know how these decisions get made. I would almost understand if there was questions of legality. A defendent does have the right to remain silent after all. But at worst, the White House engaged is unseemly politics here. The only possible ethical violation is the phone call made by Senator Domenici.

Bottom line, this administration has no apparent reason to be as pig-headed over this issue as they are. Mr. President, you have 20 months left in office. If you have anything resembling a policy agenda left, give up the aides and get this behind you!

He literally doesn't give a damn about Congress, or anyone else. He and he alone shall make policy. The state resides in him and...well, I was about to go "Sieg HEIL!!" but that would be pushing. But only a little.

I think this issue, finally, will undo him. He's going to see his administration come apart at the seems.

Bill Clinton had 8 years of a hostile Congress. Bush has had 3 months of an oppositional Congress and he's boo-hooing about "partisan fishing expeditions."

Hope you took your seasickness medication, boyo.

When a reporter noted that Gonzales doesn't have much support left on Capitol Hill, Bush said: "Yeah? He's got support from me."

This last little sentence really says it all about the Bush administration doesn't it? In Bush's hubris, he believes that his support is all that's needed. The House and the Senate are irrelivent to him as are the wishes of the American people. But I think he should try watching some of those poker shows on TV because he obviously doesn't quite grasp the game.

Mr. President, with all of your posturing in your speech today it's obvious that you're bluffing and trust me, a Full "House" beats a joker...

Let's see, there's Heck-of-a-job Brownie and Stand-by-him-for-the-length-of-my-turn Rumsfeld. I think it's time for Li'l Alberto to start scanning the want ads.

When this President says he's standing behind you, it's like the God Father when he gives you a kiss on the cheek and offers you a ride.

The only reason Mr. Gonzales might keep his job is because they won't find anyone else who would even want the job at a time like this. Even the option of having Gonzales' junior, Kyle Sampson, take over in a temporary capacity won't work because Sampson is enmeshed in this scandal as much as Gonzales.