Alex Haig Syndrome

For those of you too young to remember the Reagan Assassination Attempt, when then Secretary of State, Alexander Haig said in the heat of the moment I am in control here. Secretary Haig had forgotten that then Vice President George H. W. Bush was next in the line of succession. On CNN this morning in an interview with Wolf Blitzer, Norman Ornstein from the American Enterprise Institute said that we should all remember that at noon on Thursday, all three branches of our government will be sitting or standing in one, very vulnerable spot on the east side of the US Capitol building. With one act of terrorism, the entire human basis for our form of government could be killed or crippled. Yes, it is on this day every member of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Executive Branch are assembled to witness the coronation. One of my favorite questions was posed by Dr Ornstein: What if? Yes, what if such a horrific act took place. His article in the New Republic points out the potential scenarios when the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 cannot be fulfilled. Alex Haig should stay home and watch the festivities of January 20th on Faux News just in case he is called upon again to take charge, another very scary thought.