] Marshall Wittman, a former Republican who is now a senior
] fellow at the Democratic Leadership Council, called this
] the first instance of the overreaching that officials in
] both parties had expected after Bush won reelection and
] claimed a broad mandate.
]
] "When you believe you are invulnerable, you will always
] take a step too far, and this was it," Wittman said. "The
] most cursory checking would have shown this guy has more
] skeletons than a haunted house. This choice was political
] from the beginning to the end."

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