Robert Kuttner states the obvious:
GEORGE W. BUSH has been faulted in some quarters for taking an extended vacation while the Middle East festers. It doesn’t much matter; the man running the country is Vice President Dick Cheney.
When historians look back on the multiple assaults on our constitutional system of government in this era, Cheney’s unprecedented role will come in for overdue notice. Cheney’s shotgun mishap, when he accidentally sprayed his host with birdshot, has gotten more media attention than has his control of the government.
That is precisely why the Democrats’ first priority in 2007 must be to gather the evidence they need to prove that Dick Cheney has violated the constitution repeatedly, broken innumerable laws, and must be removed from office.
