The White House Field Guide To Scandal -- David Weigel, Syracuse.com/Slate
If you find yourself panicking about the thick cloud of scandal snaking around the Obama administration, don't. Sen. John McCain has good news for you.
"When Iran-Contra was going on, President Reagan was still able to work with Congress," said McCain to Capitol Hill reporters today. "Legislation was passed, et cetera." That scandal captivated Washington and the world, and "everyone thought that it would damage President Reagan, but it didn't."
There, isn't that soothing? Three stories, doing varying amounts of damage, may only add up to the same Richter scale score as the story that nearly destroyed the Reagan presidency. The invincible Republican investigation of Benghazi, the IRS's early admission that it hassled Tea Party groups, two U.S. attorneys' snooping into Associated Press phone records -- it's all being rolled together into a grand narrative of presidential crisis. In his weekly chat with reporters, Democratic House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer confused the IRS story and the AP story, answering one with his talking points for the other. He apologized. Then he did it again.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Analysis On The Scandals Plaguing Washington
D.C. turns on Obama -- Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei, Politico
The Insiders: Don’t stall Mr. President: It’s time for a special prosecutor. -- Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Obama, the uninterested president -- Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Obama loses mainstream media support as Benghazi, IRS, AP scandals grow -- Dan Gainor, FOX News
Analysis: Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties -- Joan Biskupic and David Ingram, Reuters
Benghazi’s smoking guns: Obama’s response was a circus with no sideshow -- Jonah Goldberg, Washington Times
Capitol succumbs to scandal fever -- Nick O'Malley, Sydney Morning Herald
Obama’s second term clouded by controversies -- Dan Balz, Washington Post
The Note: Scandal Creep -- Michael Falcone, The Note/ABC News
What we know Obama doesn't know grows daily -- Andrew Malcolm, Investors.com
Benghazi, IRS, AP scandals -- will buck ever stop with Obama? -- Douglas E. Schoen, FOX News
Obama's Self-Inflicted Scandal -- Richard A. Epstein, Foreign Policy
Spate of US spying revelations reminiscent of covert surveillance of Watergate era -- Simon Carswell, Irish Times
IRS controversy: What's the potential fallout? -- Stephanie Condon, CBS
The IRS Scandal Is Entering Fallout Mode -- Adam Martin, New York Magazine
Let Me Start: Damage control -- Hardball Staff/MSNBC
Obama's 'juice' squeezed by scandals? -- Linda Feldmann, Christian Science Monitor
Obama's dangerous new narrative -- Alexander Burns and John F. Harris, Politico
Is Anyone Home in the White House? -- John Hinderaker, Power Line
Hillary Clinton Has The Most To Lose From Obama's Scandals -- Josh Kraushaar, The Atlantic
How Can We Understand Benghazi Without Probing the CIA's Role? -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
What Is It About Benghazi? -- Andrew B. Wilson, American Spectator
Axelrod on Benghazi: 'This Story Is BS' -- Weekly Standard
The Benghazi scandal’s female factor -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times
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