How the Republicans can lose their majorities

Democratic senators Pat Leahy, Dianne Feinstein and Harry Reid all said it within days of the New York Times' disclosure of the Bush administration's top-secret program of warrantless domestic eavesdropping: this is what happens when one party controls all three branches of government. There is no oversight.

Republican committee chairmen who want to hang on to their gavels should recognize right now that this is serious.

They should stop chanting about 9/11 and the terrorist threat long enough to state clearly that the president cannot order domestic wiretaps without seeking a warrant as required by law.

Period. Full stop.

Terrorism is a threat. But what would you call the idea that the president has unlimited power during a time of war, including the power to decide that the war will never end?

I'd call it a threat to the Republican majorities.

He has to seek a warrant. That's all there is to it. Republicans should not be afraid to say so.


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