do all that I can to ensure that the commission's inquiry is thorough, fair and non-partisan.

This should be a non-political, non-partisan process,

We wanted to ensure we did a thorough and complete job of collecting the evidence, because it's the thorough completeness of that evidence that determines the success of charges.

All others will receive non-partisan ballots, so they don't get to vote on partisan offices.

demonstrated that he would take a fair, non-ideological approach.

For these reasons, it is imperative that the investigation into the response to Katrina be comprehensive, probing and non-partisan.