Interesting. The elephant in the room of the Democratic Congress has been what to do about Bush. No one wants to pull a Clinton-era and just start launching investigations that don’t yield anything, and I can’t imagine the redcoat machine accepting the kind of poison they spat at Willie.

But we’ve got a guy who wants to tackle the issue head on: Rep Henry Waxman.

When he became top Democrat of the Government Reform Committee in 1997, Waxman realized that he didn’t have to settle for playing defense like most in the House minority. He took advantage of the committee’s large staff to hire talented investigators to pursue projects large and small.

His targets have ranged from why the Taekwondo Union was allowing 12- and 13-year-olds to kick opponents in the head, to Medicare drug costs and baseball steroid use, to abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib and government contracts given to Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company, Halliburton.

After agitating by Waxman, the State Department had to revise a report claiming terrorism had decreased in 2003, to reflect that it actually had increased.

Seems like my kinda guy. Logical and going after the right targets. Most importantly?

After agitating by Waxman, the State Department had to revise a report claiming terrorism had decreased in 2003, to reflect that it actually had increased.

Excellent. One of the big separations between the way the right treated Clinton and the way the left is looking at Bush is that in the 90s, Clinton was investigated for random things because many of the Republicans in power simply hated the guy. The Vince Foster business, Whitewater, etc, they came about simply to take Clinton down.

The left doesn’t have that. After 9/11 we all wanted to give him a chance. Even Al Franken went along with Bush despite not being enamoured with him. But Bush betrayed our trust, he took advantage of our good will, and so far no one has cared enough to make him take responsibility for what he’s done. Hopefully this will change soon.