Justice serves the political needs of the Thuglicans

Everyday I read in Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo or the related TPM Muckraker new exposées of corruption links to high placed, prominent Republican lawmakers. Today is no different. As a consequence, I keep expecting a deluge of indictments. Yet, as far as I can recall, there has yet to be a single indictment of anyone in Congress or the Senate by the Justice Department (DeLay's indictment, you will recall, is in State Court in Texas). [Correction update: Of course, Duke Cunningham is the hub of much of the activity that I'm talking about, and he has not only been indicted, but is in the hoosegow. That's the only one I recall]. I know it sometimes takes a long time to build an air tight case, but I'm beginning to suspect that Alberto Gonzalez is deliberately delaying the deluge until after the November elections, if not forever.

Meanwhile, of course, I fully expect one or more Democrats to be indicted before November -- Jefferson, for instance, and perhaps Mulholland.