“This has been one of the more comedic aspects of this 72 hours - watching a cavalcade of extremely wealthy pundits, editorialists and political operatives from New York and Washington tell me how rural Americans won't stand for this.” Has BeensPoliticalHoursNew YorkAspectWealthyComedicPundits Author:Josh Marshall
“The President appoints the U.S. Attorneys. They're political in a certain respect. But the Department of Justice - the power that they hold is so great, it's life and limb, you know - put you in jail, make you run up hundreds of thousands of dollars of legal costs. Even though we understand that political appointees take these jobs. We don't assume that the party in power is going to use that kind of power to advance its political interests.” KindRunningPoliticalPresidentInterestJusticePartyAssumingAttorney Author:Josh Marshall
“There's a difference, though, between being a political appointee and putting a political operative in charge of a U.S. attorney's office.” PoliticalOffice Author:Josh Marshall
