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September 07, 2005
Hewitt: Is Collins Up to the Task?
In a word, no.
Hugh Hewitt wonders whether Senator Susan Collins, who I'm afraid is my senator, can keep a hearing on the federal response to Hurricane Katrina from turning into a partisan witch hunt.
The Republicans on this Committee: Senator Collins, Ted Stevens, John Warner, Pete Domenici, Robert Bennett, Lincoln Chafee, George Voiovich, Norm Coleman and Tom Coburn. Not exactly the nine GOP senators I'd send out for in this situation, but it will Collins' job to make sure these nine don't get rolled by the Dems. Norm Coleman has been a star on the UN investigations front. I hope he gets a lot of assistance from his colleagues in this effort.Collins has already shown she is capable of being rolled by the Democrats, and she's a big-government Republican. Forgive me if I don't have much confidence in her ability to keep other senators from grandstanding and blame-casting.The President is going to get flayed by the Democrats in this bunch, with only Stevens, Bennett, Coleman and Coburn as reliable and tough investigators cartain to stand up to MSM slings and arrows. It is Collins' job to make sure that the hearings focus the country's attention on chain-of-command and the mayor's and the governor's roles before they began accusing the feds of being the cause of all their problems.
UPDATE - Captain Ed says the bloviating may turn out to be a good thing.
Posted by slublog at September 7, 2005 12:00 AM
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Coburn won't take crap. Seriously, I'm surprised the guy got elected, he's got a nasty habit of saying what he means. Nasty for a politician anyway.
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at September 7, 2005 12:35 AM
I'm glad to hear about Coburn. I wish Collins was more like that, but no - she wants to be loved by the media.
Posted by: Slublog at September 7, 2005 12:38 AM
from the Capt. ed article: This whole commission was Frist's idea???? Is he really that much of a moron?
Posted by: MainiacJoe at September 7, 2005 08:10 AM
Ah, again the party of 'personal responsibility' deathly afraid of it.
weary of a partisan witch hunt because the republicans on the committee may not be partisan enough? A simple case of projection.
B
Posted by: Bill at September 7, 2005 09:36 AM
Hey, Bill. Wondered where you were.
Read some posts below - I think a Congressional investigation is warranted in this case. But I don't think now is the time, or Collins is the Senator to lead it. With guys like Levin on the committee, guys who are willing to lie when it suits them, we need a stronger hand at the gavel to ensure that these hearings look for the truth of what happens so it doesn't happen again instead of turning into Happy Partisan Attack Time.
Partisanship in Washington has led to a lack of seriousness. With an issue as important as emergency response, the simple 'It's all Bush's fault' arguments are facile and we should look deeper.
Posted by: Slublog at September 7, 2005 09:40 AM
Normally I would agree - but not in this case. IMHO this admin bungles everything they touch - do you want to wait for the next bungle?
B
Posted by: Bill at September 7, 2005 01:08 PM