[Dan in Pasadena]

There are three branches of government SPECIFICALLY to act as a check/balance against each other's use and abuse of power. To divest power from one place; from a monarchy.

I agree with most of what "the" is saying at the beginning of his post but not the "manufactured scandal" stuff. If U.S. Attorneys were fired to stop them from doing investigations the administration didn't want done, or conversely to allow their replacements to conduct investigations they DID want done? Investigating THAT is not "manufacturing" a scandal, it IS a scandal and is unacceptable.

I don't know why Bush nor his advisors don't see that to the average American not agreeing to come to Congress and testify under oath is tantamount to saying, "we don't want to be obligated to tell the truth". That's the way I take it.

Perhaps a crime wasn't committed. I will agree that may be completely true, so why not find out? The appearence of an impropriety (8 of them to be exact) merits an investigation. If I've got nothing to hide I won't object to speaking to you in front of anyone or under oath.