1.0 link 86056 <![CDATA[Kabuki on the Hill]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-fisher/kabuki-on-the-hill_b_86056.html The partisan political divide morphed into a chasm again this week as the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee convened to grill Attorney General Michael Mukasey for the first time since his confirmation hearings.

The ostensible objective of the hearing was "oversight." But one has to wonder what, if anything, our elected representatives learned that everyone didn't already know.

If there was a big winner in this all-too-familiar tableau, it was the audience, which got to enjoy some of America's best Kabuki Theater.

The...

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