Novak: White House is sacrificing Doan in order to concentrate on Gonzales

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/03/AR2007060300952.html


Hatch Act Hatchet Job

By Robert D. Novak
Monday, June 4, 2007; Page A15


Waxman has made no secret of his intent to hound the Bush administration whenever possible, with emphasis on nailing presidential adviser Karl Rove. Bloch's motives are more complicated. He has survived a ferocious left-wing assault (accusing him of being anti-gay), which the White House not only failed to resist but quietly supported. It is payback time for Bloch, to burnish the OSC's reputation and maybe to get even.

The White House has done no more to help Doan than it did for Bloch. One congressional Republican asked a senior White House aide why. The response, he said, amounted to this: This is a very tough time for us when we are preoccupied trying to save Alberto Gonzales, and Doan will just have to save herself.

When I asked Rep. Davis, he replied: "The bottom line is the administration has really not shown any willingness to stand up for her like they have for Gonzales, when what she has done is not nearly so egregious." She will at least have Davis on her side when she faces the committee June 13. Having one friend in Washington is better than having none.

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1. just asking....

Will she name names? Who directed her to "help out our candidates"? Was this her own idea to demonstrate how she was a loyal bushie?

and how does she feel about being left out to dry by the White House? How accurate will her memory be?

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2. Cry me a river, Mr. Novak

Yeah, the Bush administration is being "hounded." Imagine having to answer to a co-equal branch of government! Unthinkable under the late Republican regime in Congress. And just because what Ms. Doan did isn't as bad as what Mr. Gonzales did and is doing, is that reason enough for her to keep her job? Her gross betrayal of her public trust wasn't as bad as someone else's? Talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations! Or in Novak's case, the hard bigotry of effusive expectorations.

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3. check out this analysis

http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/06/04/in-the-balance/

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4. So is Davis finally admitting that what Gonzales did was egregious?

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5. Doan is beyond defending... she already has a stake in her heart

The WHite House is not about to go down swinging for her.

Gonzo is still onboard simply because the problems of finding a replacement would be worse than keeping him on.