Dems don't have guts enough to vote Harriet Miers into contempt

I used to think Tom Daschel was a weakling, but Nancy Pelosi may be getting even worse. Now, the Dems don't even have the guts to vote for contempt of Congress citations against Joshua Bolten and Harriet Miers.

House Democratic leaders have decided to postpone a vote on a criminal contempt resolution against White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers for several weeks, and possibly longer, according to top lawmakers and aides.

The decision delays any constitutional showdown, at least for the moment, between Congress and President Bush over the extent of executive privilege and the president’s ability to fend off congressional investigations.

But the slowdown, approved by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her top lieutenants, is also stirring objections among Democrats.

If they wait long enough, these people will be dead and there won't be any threat of a constitutional crisis because there won't be a constitution any more.