May 22, 2013
Newsmax: Alan Dershowitz: IRS Chief Lerner 'Can Be Held in Contempt
"'You can't simply make statements about a subject and then plead the Fifth in response to questions about the very same subject' . . . . 'Once you open the door to an area of inquiry, you have waived your Fifth Amendment right. . . .'" [rdbrewer]
Andrew C. McCarthy: A Fifth of Obama
Criticism of the committee and Lerner's use of the Fifth. Related: Charles Krauthammer's take. [rdbrewer]
Allahpundit: Rothenberg: Forecast for Senate seats changing because of White House scandals
"The one thing Rothenberg’s pick-six has in common, of course, is that they’re red states, and if ever there was a scandal to get red-state voters motivated to turn out, it’s the IRS scandal. . . [T]he Republican base might ride a wave of righteous rage to the polls and swamp Dems again like they did in 2010." [rdbrewer]