From: "Mark" 

I'm still nonplussed about this whole thing. The president is empowered to
fire and hire them at will, he doesn't need any well-vetted reasons for it.
You're saying he should have not fired them because some Dems would
complain about it? Why?

Look, don't get me wrong, it's fine with me if that loophole is closed, but
it's just not a big deal -- it's not like the appointees don't have to
follow the law. If Bush wants, for instance, his attorneys to prosecute
Union pension fund corruption as a higher priority than CEO corruption,
that's his perrogative -- they're all going to get theirs in time anyway.

In this example, union guys will be in jail between now and the Obama
presidency, then starting in Feb '09 the CEOs will get theirs 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
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>>> Right - bunch of nothing - Just fire those prosecutors who wouldn't file
>>> charges against Democrats before the election then appoint your own
>>> goons without the need for Senate approval - Hail Caesar!!!
>>
>> I simply don't ascribe nefarious motives to every *single* thing a
>> president (any president) does. My understanding is they were not
>> operating with their priorities in alignment with those of the
>> administration. You seem to think his priorities are filing charges
>> against Dems, I disagree. Hell Sandy Berger's sweetheart deal proves that
>> out. 
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>> My only complaint is I wish he'd fired them because they wouldn't
>> prosecute illegal aliens fast enough, but I know that's not true.
>>
>>>
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> http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=6188497
> What the Justice Department has said about six U.S. attorneys who were
> asked to resign. Under each prosecutor are comments from previous
> department-issued performances reviews and then statements Tuesday by
> William Moschella, an associate deputy attorney general, about the reasons
> given that the prosecutors were asked to step down. He testified before a
> House Judiciary subcommittee.
>
>
> CAROL LAM, U.S. attorney in San Diego
>
> JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TESTIMONY: "Her gun prosecution numbers are at the
> bottom of the list. ... (On immigration cases), her numbers for a border
> district just didn't stack up."
>
> 2005 PERFORMANCE REVIEW: "An effective manager and respected leader ...
> respected by the judiciary, law enforcement agencies, and (U.S. attorney's
> office) staff."
>
> ___
>
> JOHN McKAY, U.S. attorney in Seattle
>
> JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TESTIMONY: "The department really had policy
> differences and were concerned with the manner in which he went about
> advocating the particular policies ... on information sharing. He spent
> quite a considerable amount of time advocating for a particular system."
>
> 2006 PERFORMANCE REVIEW: "An effective, well-regarded and capable leader
> ... (who) established strategic goals that were appropriate to meet the
> priorities of the department."
>
> ___
>
> BUD CUMMINS, U.S. attorney in Little Rock, Ark.
>
> JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TESTIMONY: "His was not for performance-based reasons.
> ... The administration asked Mr. Cummins to move on only after we knew
> that he had indicated he was not going to serve out the remainder of his
> term."
>
> 2006 PERFORMANCE REVIEW: "Very competent and highly regarded by the
> federal judiciary, law enforcement and civil client agencies. ...
> Established strategic goals that were appropriate to meet the priorities
> of the department."
>
> ___
>
> DANIEL BOGDEN, U.S. attorney for Nevada
>
> JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TESTIMONY: "There was no particular deficiency. There
> was an interest in seeing renewed energy and renewed vigor in that office,
> really taking it to the next level."
>
> 2003 PERFORMANCE REVIEW: "Highly regarded by the federal judiciary, the
> law enforcement and civil client agencies, and the staff of the (U.S.
> attorney's office). He was a capable leader."
>
> ___
>
> DAVID IGLESIAS, U.S. attorney for New Mexico
>
> JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TESTIMONY: "The district was in need of greater
> leadership. ... Mr. Iglesias had delegated to his first assistant the
> overall running of his office. U.S. attorneys are hired to run the
> office."
>
> 2005 PERFORMANCE REVIEW: "Experienced in legal, management and community
> relations work and was respected by the judiciary, agencies and staff. ...
> Had a well conceived strategic plan that complied with department
> priorities."
>
> ___
>
> PAUL CHARLTON, U.S. attorney in Arizona
>
> JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TESTIMONY: "Mr. Charlton had undertaken in his district
> a policy with regard to the taping of FBI interviews and set a policy in
> place there that had national ramifications. It did not go through the
> whole policy process. ... On the death penalty, we have a process in the
> Department of Justice. It is the one area that is nondelegable by the
> attorney general which (Mr. Charlton), in a particular case was told and
> authorized to seek in a particular case. He chose instead to continue to
> litigate after that long and exhaustive process."
>
> 2003 PERFORMANCE REVIEW: "Well respected by the (U.S. attorney's office)
> staff, investigative and civil client agencies, local law enforcement
> community, Native American nations, and judiciary regarding his integrity,
> professionalism and competence."
>

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