Goodling is the one person that can connect all the dots and tell when, where, who, what, and how the decision process happened. Her “truthful” testimony would legimize all the other subpoenas for Rove, Meirs, Gonzales, and the rest. It’s probable that she will connect Bush to the decision, at least in some remote way.

Resigning her position does not exempt her from the subpoena. The only reason Goodling would not be forced to testify would be because the democrats do not want her to expose the truth about the attorney firings.

The democrats are in the ideal position to beak the power of Bush/Cheney’s administration. If they force Rove to testify under oath they can expose and discredit him in such a way as to cause his departure from the administration.

If at the same time they stand their ground on the war finance bill and tell Bush to sign it or he will have no money for his war, their power is broken and they will never get it back. Bush will collapse into the lamest duck ever after some sort of tantrum. All he will be able to do is whine for the last two years and watch as all of the lies and thievry is exposed laying him (and many others) open to criminal charges when his term expires.

Do the democrats have the intelligence to do this? It doesn’t take courage. Only the brains to recognize that they are in a no lose position. They can bring King George and his Dick back to powerless reality. They must not ignore the message the voters gave them last November. Now is when we find out whether they work for us or the lobbyists.