The Election is Over

The Woodward book, and the emailing congressman have closed the books on the 2006 congressional elections. The Republicans lose. Add to that, the Speaker of the House doesn't tell anyone, and he knew about the emails in 2005. The result is well deserved. The only problem is... we're likely opening the door to the wolves.

The Woodward book screams of hatchet job. Clever and well done but a hatchet job just the same. The truth is a difficult story to tell, and the Bush administration doesn't do a good job of explaining complicated issues. What the public will never hear is that there are many reports that the President and his administration get. Some come from the intelligence agencies, others from various departments of government, such as the State Department. Others are artificial summaries of multiple views, often contradictory. More, the White House has its own national security advisor and staff, its own team. When the President contradicts one of these reports, he is not necessarily telling a lie. He may be getting contradictory information from another source, or he may have made his own judgement. But you will never hear that side of the story.