The President has drawn a line in the political sand. The President has offered to aloow his aides to testify – but only in private and not under oath. Democrats want them to testify publicly and under oath. Certainly part of their motivation is to embarrass the President, which it seems almost certain would happen, but that’s the price of admission.

The President should take the risk, or ask for their resignations. This administration is quickly beginning to remind me of Presidents Clinton and Nixon, running, hiding, lying and deceiving the American people. It seems simple to me – if there is nothing to hide, testify. Even if there isn’t anything to hide, it will certainly appear to most Americans that there is. I keep hearing about what a genius Karl Rove is but this seems to be the most politically tone-deaf administration in a long time.

President Bush should realize this is much more important than legal technicalities, it is about regaining the trust of the American people. This is certainly not a good way to go about it.