Preparing for Obstruction

No, I don't know what they are going to ask for in the Roberts hearings, but you don't have to when you hear quotes like these.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has yet to ask for such material for its hearings. But some Democrats, including Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, have urged the White House to release "in their entirety" any documents written by Roberts.

Yeah, and the press asked for your military folder in its entirety, but only two papers were given access. Does that make you a hypocrite Senator Kerry?

Next in the wigged out demosprats quotes:

"It's a total red herring to say, 'Oh, we can't show this,'" Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont told ABC's "This Week."

"And of course there is no lawyer-client privilege," he said. "Those working in the solicitor general's office are not working for the president. They're working for you and me and all the American people."

Ah yes. Let's have a look at some of your personal legal documents. Funny that he missed that many of those documents are beyond the solicitor general's. Let's not forget that the solicitor general works from the executive branch of the government and not the legislative. Ignoring the separation of powers senator?

Gonzales was actually quite reasonable in his responses to what should occur when the call for documents comes.

"Generally, that's not something that the administration or any White House would be inclined to share because it is so sensitive and ... does chill communications between line attorneys and their superiors within the Department of Justice," Gonzales said on "Fox News Sunday."

"That would be something that we'd have to look at very, very carefully," he said. "Rather than prejudge the issue, let's wait for the Judiciary Committee to make its requests, and then we can evaluate the requests and hopefully reach an appropriate accommodation."

I suppose all we can do is wait and see what they ask for, but if you haven't already caught a whiff of obstructionism, you should really take a closer look.