No one seems to be writing opinion pieces quite the way I would, so I decided to do it myself.

The name? Taverns are places where one goes to discuss the interesting events and things in the world, so this is my tavern.

I will offer my views on politics, economics, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
I will occasionally publish the entire article from another journal for purposes of causing discussion.

 

The Plot Thickens - Tom Delay was more involved than he previously admitted.

The Houston Chronicle has further information about Delay's role in hunting for Democrats. His office forwarded a request to the Federal Attorney General's Office about what federal action could be taken to apprehend "...Texas Legislators who have warrants for their arrest and who have crossed state lines."

While the Republican Speaker of the Texas House, Tom Craddick, had signed an order to arrest the Democratic Legislators, that order was not a "warrant". A warrant is an order by court to arrest someone for criminal activity. Craddick is a Legislative Officer, not a judicial one, and the actions of the Democratic Legislators was not a crime. For Delay to tell the Attorney General's Office that there were "warrants" out for the Democrats is to tell the feds that a crime had been committed. Since no crime was committed, the feds should not have been involved.

Josh Marshall asks if this is enough to set off a media feeding frenzy. I wonder. It will certainly be a test of the administration's ability to control what appears in the media.

We definitely live in interesting times.
posted by Richard at 5:52 AM