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THE BRIGHT SIDE! Bob Novak's latest column channels congressional Republicans' thoughts about Al Gonzales, the U.S. attorneys scandal, and their sense of disconnect with the Bush White House. It includes a hilarious line that nicely captures the sorry state in which the GOP finds itself:
The saving grace that some Republicans find in the dispute over U.S. attorneys is that, at least temporarily, it draws attention away from debate over an unpopular war.Your political party's in some impressive shape when a giant scandal affecting some of its congressional members and its own presidential administration seems like a welcome distraction from the political damage wrought by ongoing, everyday, real-world events. And Novak's sources may even be right! (Kevin Drum has more substantive thoughts on Novak's column here.)
--Sam Rosenfeld
