No end in sight springing scandal, the White House admitted to launch a concerted effort to control the rising risk of political damage on Wednesday.
In a whirlwind few hours, proposed by management, a powerful blow to the criticism of deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, seized the reporter's phone records leak investigation and handling of the Ministry of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service for additional review of conservative groups.
President Obama overturned in the most positive response, acting IRS Commissioner on Wednesday night.
It is the kind of coordinated response, Obama's political allies have been waiting for, but Republicans skeptical reaction shows that Obama has a long way to go to dig his way out of the scandal and the establishment of goodwill as he trying to save his second long-term legislative agenda.
"This is a belated recognition, Obama in trouble, said:" Claremont McKenna College in California, a political science professor Jack Pitney. "The question now is whether it is too little, too late."
The first major scandal free, the government has been slow and decisive response to the increasing criticism - mostly from Republican opponents, but in some cases, from the Democratic Party - in three controversial.
Days deflection attributed to government officials led to criticism of Obama willing to take responsibility. In a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday afternoon with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Republicans repeatedly attacked the Administration for forthright emerging scandal.
"I believe that this government has been a failure mode is not responsible for, to avoid responsibility, point the finger at someone else's direction, said:" The United States, from Ohio Republican Congressman Steve Chabot.
Obama called his style of Procedure and disgust reaction over the decision on Wednesday, this time to fight back.
In the White House, he said have been forced to resign acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller and his additional review body is clearly aimed at conservative groups strongly condemned. He is committed to working with Congress in the survey.
Obama's appearance came soon after, the White House released a series of e-mail to discuss in detail the now famous "talking points" memo, the U.S. ambassador to discuss the September 11, 2012, attacks on the United Nations Susan Rice, , killed four Americans in Benghazi.
"Political damage control"
These messages have been Republicans criticized the Obama administration forthright focus on the diplomatic compound nature of the attacks by Islamic militants.
I hope the phone records of secret detention Associated Press reporters in order to defuse the criticism, the Bush administration tried to revive the media shield bill, sponsored by New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer (Charles Schumer) in 2009.
The bill would give the federal to protect journalists who refused to reveal their confidential sources, but will also allow the need for national security than the rights of those reporters.
Nobody expected the reaction of the White House to put an end to the dispute, but it shows that the government is finally willing to open the face of potential political consequences.
"They obviously have realized that it's time to install the political damage control," said Bruce Buchanan, a political scientist at the University of Texas.
"You can not just keep quiet, and, although it does not fit Obama's personal style is not foaming at the mouth, every time something goes wrong, this is actually the things people seem to like him," he said.
Pitney also noted that the Obama administration seems to be the scandal caught off guard, not fiscal, until his hand to seize the classic form of a public officer.
, "He said:" They probably did not expect the scandal can take many forms. "They apparently did not see it all, they are not ready for this kind of controversy."
Republican plans at all three events in a growing political attacks, you can still overwhelm Obama's hard work, a congressional investigation of his political opponents of immigration reform and the looming budget negotiations.
In the 2014 mid-term Congressional elections approaching, any long-term political damage also may hurt the Democratic Party's efforts to maintain control of the Senate and regain the House majority.
Without additional evidence of wrongdoing traces directly to the White House, Buchanan said the three scandal may not have great sympathy with the voters in the long term.
"I do not think they are in trouble in DC," he said. "There may be something, but in the case of a conclusive evidence, it will blow."
 
 



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