Reply #9: Do it and do it right ...

[Cosmocat]

The right wing will just go APE SHIITE if there is even the FIRST level of oversight ... The key is doing it, and doing it right ... Have republicans involved in the process as the minority party, keep the retoric down ... Let the media cover it, but don't make any big comments during or after the hearings - drill them as much as possible, but avoid widesweeping statement or strong charaterizations ... IDEALLY, let the media grab hold of things, say "yeah, it is bad" and leave it at the ...

The Hannity's of the world will go off ... But, part of the process here is going to be showing the non-mutents of the general populace how it is supposed to work, and let them draw their own conclusions ... AND, gotta give the RWF elected officials the chance to actually engage in the process ... IF these elections go off the way they SHOULD, some of the biggest partisan operatives are going to be ejected, the Santorums ... MAYBE these clowns get a little dose of humility that, if the party in power manages that party right, with a strong but even hand, MAYBE they start acting like senators/congressmen instead of freakin 8 year olds ...