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The 'Krauthammer Cover'

Charles Krauthammer Was Right!

THE EXCERPT from Charles Krauthammer's Oct. 21 column:

The Senate cannot confirm her unless it has this information. And the White House cannot allow release of this information lest it jeopardize executive privilege.

Hence the perfectly honorable way to solve the conundrum: Miers withdraws out of respect for both the Senate and the executive's prerogatives, the Senate expresses appreciation for this gracious acknowledgment of its needs and responsibilities, and the White House accepts her decision with the deepest regret and with gratitude for Miers's putting preservation of executive prerogative above personal ambition.

Faces saved. And we start again.

Posted by Editor at October 27, 2005 01:23 PM