VandeHei and Baker on the Bush Team’s ‘Perfect Storm’ of Scandal
I’m beginning to think it must be me: I’ve been going through the Washington Post this morning, and finding item after item that crosses my threshhold of post-to-lies-a-bility. Maybe it’s my continuing sense of injury over the NY Times’ TimesSelect changes.
Anyway, here’s the latest example of my newfound WaPo-love. From Jim VandeHei and Peter Baker: Scandals take toll on Bush’s 2nd term.
“The Rove thing has gotten to be enormously distracting,” said one outside adviser to the White House. “Knowing the way the White House works, being under subpoena like this, your mind is not on your work, it’s on that.”
“It looks like a perfect storm,” said Joseph E. diGenova, a Republican and former independent counsel, who noted that so many investigations can weigh on an administration. “People have no idea what happens when an investigation gets underway. It’s debilitating. It’s not just distracting. It’s debilitating. It’s like getting punched in the stomach.”
Besides talking about Rove and Plamegate, it also talks about the Abramoff, Frist, and Delay scandals.
