What Are They Afraid Of?

Why did Republican Senators kill a bid to set up a balanced, independent Katrina commission?

There is, as we all know, plenty of blame to go around. Evaluating our actions and learning from our mistakes are extremely high priorities if we are going to have any hope of responding better to the next disaster.

When Republicans want a Republican majority on the committee, how is this not partisan? This is just cras CYA from the party in charge. They would rather bury our heads in the sand until we suffocate to death than allow us to see any mistakes on their part, even if there are plenty of mistakes by the other guys, too.

It makes me sick.