[meenie]

I am surprised at the number of supposedly enlightened people that are disappointed at the results of this commission. When political heat builds on a particular issue, commissions are formed to dissipate that heat. The size of the commission indicates the degree of heat to be cooled.

By placing a number of people on a commission, individual responsibility is transferred to a group and thereby the individual can escape the responsibility. Bait and switch is the name of the game. The person bearing the wrath of the unhappy baits the unhappy by agreeing to establish a commission to look into the problem and then lets human discord take its natural course. A perfect way to escape responsibility.

[KeyWest]

Might be true in some cases but not here. Bush opposed it from the start. It was the Dems who wanted it to embarrass Bush.