I've been trying to figure this stuff out, and frankly I don't know whats going on in Eric Holder's head. Right now, the contempt vote is based on the fact Holder refuses to hand over subpoenaed documents. In fact, I remember something very similar to this during the Bush administration. House Dems voted Miers and Bolton in contempt last year after Bush declared executive privilege. They don't seem to mind contempt of congress nowadays though. I wonder why? Maybe we all should focus less on something that happened 25 years ago, and more on something that happened 4 years ago when we scream hypocrites! Personally, I think its just common politics, which hypocrisy is pretty much part of the job description.

Anyways, on a more important note, I don't think Obama's executive privilege claim will not hold up in court if it is challenged, as there have been previous court rulings that state that executive privilege cannot be claimed in order to cover up wrong doing.