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The US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President - he can hire and fire them at will, so no such action is a matter of scandal, no matter what the circumstances are. Democratic complaints about this are akin to the "Tenure of Office Act" Congress tried to tack on to the Presidency in the 1860's - an attempt, that is, for Congress to decide when and if an Administration official should be removed. Such a thing is entirely unconstituitonal, but such trivia just doesn't bother our Democrats these days.
None of the attorneys seem out of the ordinary...other than, as pointed out, a wonder why even more US Attorneys (including some Clinton holdovers) weren't removed a long time ago. Especially important to me is the fact that at least one US Attorney was canned for not vigorously attacking the problem of voter fraud - which gives us the real reason Democrats fear these turnovers: they are afraid that US Attorneys who prosecture voter fraud will eventually have most of the Democratic Party behind bars.
Now, as for Attorney General Gonzales - well, this event certainly wasn't handled with finesse, and it might be time to replace him just on that matter alone. In an atmosphere where the Democrats will call everything a scandal (and be supported in this by the lapdog media), any major Executive Branch move has to be done with extreme care.
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