300 Investigations in 100 Days

Ever wonder why the Dem Congress hasn't passed any meaningful legislation in its 100 or so days? It's not just because they're incompetent, it's also because they're too busy chasing after silly investigations:

WASHINGTON - The White House on Thursday pushed back against congressional investigations of the Bush administration and said lawmakers should spend more time passing bills to solve domestic problems.

In a constitutional showdown with Congress, the administration claimed executive privilege and rejected demands for White House documents about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

The House and Senate Judiciary committees have set a deadline of 10 a.m. next Monday for the White House to explain its basis for the claim.

The administration has not said when or if it will respond. Spokesman Scott Stanzel said Thursday the White House has received a many requests for information since Democrats took control of Congress in January and has turned over 200,000 pages of documents.

"They've launched over 300 investigations, had over 350 requests for documents and interviews and they have had over 600 oversight hearings in just about 100 days," Stanzel said.

Democrats were dubious of the figures but did not offer their own.

It's not going to quit, either. There are some Dems, like Rep. John Conyers among others, who are so determined to drive Bush out of office that they'll use any excuse for a hearing. That's the only thing that could possibly explain his plans to hold a hearing on the commutation of Scooter Libby. It's clearly within the president's powers to offer such a commutation for whatever reason he wants, just as it was in his power to fire U.S. Attorneys at any time for any reason. And yet, the hard-headed Dems insist on pursuing investigations that have no chance whatsoever of achieving their goal of removing the president from office.

They're like immature teenagers who argue a losing position and won't give up even when proven wrong.