Washington Grinds to a Halt?

The various ongoing investigations into corruption and criminal activities that are swirling through Washington have ground government to a virtual halt. President Bush is surrounded by scandal: DeLay being booked for breaking campaign laws; Frist lying about his profiteering on stocks he was not supposed to know he had [the lies have been confirmed by the Trustees on his account:they say they kept him up to sdate on stock transactions, while he said previously he knew nothing!]; Rove and Libby being targeted for breaking the law by ‘outing’ an undercover agent; and Abrahamov casting a shadow throughout the Republican fund raising world. While it’s easy to gloat at the mess the Republicans find themselves in, I think we should avoid too much glee: the country is already paying dearly for having bought into a lightweight and incompetent administration [e.g. via the Katrina non-response, the complete lack of economic policy, Iraq etc], now we have even less hope for some semblance of leadership. This is a time for leadership, and we have none. That is nothing to boast about, nor to take delight in. We are all losers when our government is as poor as our’s is now. Wouldn’t it be nice though if the Democrats could find some spine and take advantage of Bush’s awful performance? Or is that asking too much?