Rep. Darrell Issa is deadly serious about getting to the bottom of the corruption stinking up the Obama White House. As the incoming chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Issa will use the power of subpoena to hold "hundreds of hearings" on White House malfeasance.Politico: Issa sees the committee's role as not policy but to "measure failures." He likens his job to seeing "whether the fuel being consumed meets the specifications." And he isn't looking to catch witnesses off guard, saying that "oversight should be done with a balance for the American people and not as a gotcha." Issa won't have a shortage of targets. He's been hammering for better tracking of the stimulus and has a growing list of other investigative targets, including the housing meltdown and the bank bailout.Earlier this year, Issa pressured Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) to issue a subpoena to Countrywide...(Read Full Post)