Bush at work

Somewhere recently I read about the fact that even though appointments of Federal prosecutors are supposed to be cleared with the Senate, Bush is making these appointments without Senate approval:

WASHINGTON - Days after the attorney general named a former White House official to serve an interim U.S. attorney in Little Rock, Sen. Mark Pryor added his name Thursday to a bill to restrict the attorney general's appointment power.

Pryor, D-Ark., joined Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in introducing legislation to change a provision of the Patriot Act that allows for indefinite appointments without Senate confirmation.

The senators said the law circumvents the traditional process of Senate consent of executive branch appointments...

Griffin, 38, is an Arkansas native who was White House deputy director of political affairs under Karl Rove. He also served as head of opposition research for the Republican National Committee.

So, perhaps it is this new-found power that has encouraged Bush to go around the country firing Federal prosecutors:

Strange days? Less than a week after news broke that the Bush administration has forced the resignation of San Diego U.S. attorney Carole Lam, we learn that it has done the same to Daniel Bogden, U.S. attorney for Nevada.

Just consider the possibilities. If he fires every U.S. Attorney around, how many of Karl Rove's buddies he could appoint? They, in turn, could ignore all the Republican dirty tricks in the 2008 elections. The perfect way to retain control. Stuff the law enforcers' positions with Rethuglican hacks.