Pelosi Calls For Equal Ratio Of Dem, GOP Members On Benghazi Panel

[karynnj]

9. I suspect the equal members is NOT what she is really aiming for

I suspect the real goal is this:

"It should require that witnesses are called and interviewed, subpoenas are issued, and information is shared on a bipartisan basis. Only then could it be fair."

This is to eliminate the nonsense where no Democrat is allowed to speak (not even the ranking member). I remember the House and Senate hearings that Hillary Clinton appeared at. There were FAR more Republican House members who used say 4 or their 5 minutes to ask a question framed to indict her or Obama followed by asking her to respond only "yes" or "no". Having Democrats there - alternating in teh questioning allows people to actually explain in more than monosyllables.

If you read the RW sites, it was very clear that they equate appearing before an oversight committee with appearing before a criminal court. The problem is that some like Issa - whether with Holder or Clinton seems to think that is the way that it is - even though it isn't. Here, the goal is to get the sound bite that just from the positioning makes it look like the person testifying is the "criminal".