White House Tries to Redirect ‘Enemies List’ Charge

• By Keith Koffler
• Roll Call Staff
• Oct. 21, 2009, 4:46 p.m.

Accused by Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) of beginning to compile a Nixonian “enemies list,” the White House on Wednesday afternoon struck an “above the fray” posture, declining to directly engage on a variety of charges leveled by the GOP in recent days.