A high level advisor in the White House doesn't get it. Andrew Sullivan and Cunning Realist both make mention of this testimony, but I think more should be made of it. Sara Taylor's pseudo-testiony before the Senate not only falls far short of her Constitutional duty, but she has made it apparent that she has no clue what her job was at the White House.
Perhaps I'm drifting into the screech zone, but I don't think so. Taylor has been empowered and paid by the taxpayers of this nation-- we are her boss, not the president-- and she gets up before Congress, our representatives, only to obfuscate and avoid answering the question at hand. She doesn't even know what her oath of office was about!
If the president wants people to take oathes to him, then he needs to pay their salaries and provide their office and benefits. This is done all the time, by the way, in the form of personal counselors or lawyers, and Bush can certainly do that if he wishes. Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers do not fall into that category, however, and such, they have no immunity from answering questions from their ultimate employers-- US.
Send 'em both to jail for contempt of congress.
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