This issue has been a cash cow for Congressmen, ... and if you make a deal, you kill the cow. |
[Analysts agree that the potential antitrust implications of the deal are few.] On the surface, the only apparent antitrust problem appears to be the fact that AOL and Time Warner's Roadrunner might be seen as being competing Internet services, ... But Roadrunner is a pipsqueak of a player compared to AOL's service. It's conceivable they could force the divestiture of Roadrunner. But that's not a big deal. |
[Bush and his staff] are clearly playing defense on this issue because events got ahead of them, |
[The planned hearings are] background music, ... but it doesn't mean that the department will necessarily listen to Congress. |