Cap-and-trade is being exposed as the job-killing legislation that it is? Socialized health-care bills are being met with opposition from the public and Blue Dog Democrats? Obama’s popularity rating has been trending downward? Time for a witchunt of the Bush Administration!

Attorney General Eric Holder is leaning toward launching a probe into the Bush administration’s torture policies, it was reported Saturday.

Sources told Newsweek that Holder, after months of careful consideration, appears likely to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate whether top Bush lawyers twisted the law in authorizing torture techniques.

The official decision could come in a matter of weeks. If Holder opts to investigate, it will almost certainly increase tensions in a White House that has insisted it wants to focus on the future.

Every single promise and statement of the Obama Administration comes with an expiration date. Every. Single. One. Obama spoke extensively about looking forward and not back, oftentimes at the expense of angering even those on his side of the aisle. But suddenly the Obama Justice Department is back to investigating the Bush Administration when shit is hitting the fan politically?

Everything with this administration is like a magic act: You have to watch what the other hand is doing at all times. The Chicago thugs running Washington have mastered the art of distraction, holding a shiny object with one hand while passing unpopular legislation with the other. If they can distract the public with investigations of the former administration, they just might succeed in drawing the attention away from the disastrous bills making their way through Congress.