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My post: Part of this was the practice of reaching out to the Senate members of the States involved. ... Under R/B I, they required that any loyalty be directly to the President so they often went over the Senators' heads.





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Article: Because at least one of the U.S. senators from the state where a U.S. Attorney has resigned or been fired has historically been consulted as to that person's replacement, the Bush administration, which had planned to choose its own replacements, discussed with DOJ's Sampson some strategies for not offending such senators.



Just to reinforce my argument of why Clinton got so little real flak for his round of firings. Bush II is attempting not to repeat "the sins of the past" and thus a possible Dem replacement "cleaning house" in 2008.

I HATE the fuck Gonzalez, btw.
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