Democracy for Vancouver

Does Cheney have to shoot Chuck Schumer in the face on the floor of the Senate, while telling him to go fuck himself, before the Dems realize that BushCo will never willingly cooperate with a Democratic majority in Congress? That they will just keep breaking the law, and ignoring the Constitution, if they are not forced to account for themselves?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nomination of Michael Mukasey for attorney general was greeted by congressional Democrats as a goodwill gesture with the potential to thaw some standoffs with the White House over executive privilege, several lawmakers and their aides said Monday.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the White House’s most vocal Senate critic, suddenly began speaking of optimism and hopefulness for the Justice Department, rather then dwelling on the troubles of a federal law enforcement agency headed until Monday by Alberto Gonzales.

“All of us want to look forward to straightening up things in the Justice Department and restoring rule of law in that very important department, rather than look back,” said “That doesn’t mean that the finding out what happened is not important. It is. But that’s not going to be the goal here.”

Since it’s not a goal, I assume that that also means that pursuing the attorney firing scandal, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers and Alberto Gonzales are no longer “on the table.”

If Dems take anything more off the table, they may as well unscrew the legs, pack it up and take it home. What reason do they have for being in Congress if it’s not to uphold the Constitution, first and foremost?

[emphasis added.]