Republican National Committee Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan today said Rep. Henry Waxman, the California Democrat running the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, was using a congressional probe to try to steal the party's "playbook for 2008."
"You don't see the New York Yankees giving the Boston Red Sox their signs before a crucial series -- and I won't be giving our equivalent to [Democatic National Committee Chairman] Howard Dean," Mr. Duncan said.
Mr. Waxman's committee is seeking RNC e-mail as part of the probe into Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales' firing of U.S. attorneys.
"While we continue to cooperate to the most appropriate level, we fully expect this Democrat fishing expedition to continue for the entire two years of their time in the majority," Mr. Duncan said.
-- S.A. Miller, Capitol Hill correspondent, The Washington Times