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| A special prosecutor in the IRS matter is inevitable |
| 2013-05-23 |
| [Washington Post] This administration's management of the Obama Internal Revenue Service scandal so far consists of a slow-walking, rolling disclosure of facts; equal parts equivocation, amnesia and indignation from IRS witnesses; deer-in-the-headlights non-responses by the White House press secretary; parsed, lawyerly statements from the president himself; and now one of the central key players is taking the Fifth. And all this comes from what the president claimed would be the "most transparent administration ever..." If we give the president the benefit of the doubt and assume he knows the truth is going to come out, the question remains: Does the administration appoint the special prosecutor sooner or later? The calculus inside the White House is how to best protect the president's political interests. They have two options. They could delay the appointment and let more of the story develop, weather the ugly piecemeal disclosures, give the players time to get their stories straight and lawyer-up and hope Republicans continue their overreach, giving the whole affair a nutty partisan patina. Or, they could accelerate the appointment of a special prosecutor, thereby slowing the congressional inquiries and giving Jay Carney some relief from his daily embarrassing routine by supplying him with the escape hatch of not being allowed to comment on matters associated with the special prosecutor's ongoing investigation. Not to mention, the White House all the while could blast the appointed counsel as a partisan ideologue à la the hatchet job that was done on Ken Starr. Anyway, if the president is innocent, he will end up needing and wanting a special prosecutor sooner rather than later. If he and his White House already have too much to hide, then they must clam up, cry partisanship and hope their allies on the Hill and in the media have the stamina for the long, hard slog ahead. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 A Special Prosecutor would be a mistake until the political machinations are exposed and dredged to the surface. It would make it seem like a few "rogue" mid-level bureaucrats were doing this without direction from above |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-05-23 11:09 |
| #3 Republicans continue their overreach I keep hearing this kind of crap and am never sure exactly what this overreach is. Is it the same as the "overreach" in trying to find out exactly what happened in Benghazi before, during and after the attack? It seems every time a question is asked that makes the Obamanation regime squirm the media immediately claims it is "Republican overreach". Is there a glimmer of real cause for optimism left? If so, I can't see it. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-05-23 09:18 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: junkiron 2013-05-23 02:50 |
| #1 I thought the special prosecutor law expired a while back, Or am I confused? |
| Posted by: Nguard 2013-05-23 01:21 |