After Congressman Dave Reichert (R Wa-8th CD) recommended that Republican Rick White replace fired US Attorney John McKay, it soon became apparent that there was a problem. Rick White couldn't even practise law in the State of Washington. Conventional thinking was that the happless but partisan Dave Reichert had made another dumb mistake. But was it really that simple?
Some news from the west coast for the MyDD crowd...
Washington State Congress's Senator Eric Oemig introduced a bill wednesday that calls on the US Congress to initiate an investigation into President Bush and Vice President, to see if impeachable offenses were committed. See extended post for details, and see original post at CoolAqua for links and photos. http://coolaqua.blogs.com/coolaqua/2007/ 02/senator_oemig_p.html
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