A political "firestorm" has erupted over the firings of eight federal prosecutors by the Bush Administration.
It's all over nothing.
The reason that the Democrats are making a stink out of this is that they've (finally) discovered that there is no unity in their own party over what to do about Iraq. This new issue has brought about a sense of unity of purpose in the Democratic ranks. (It won't last---there's too many divisions, interests and overriding issues at play).
And the Republicans seem to think that the situation was mishandled. Yet they didn't say anything when President Clinton fired all the attorneys to in his first term; nor did they say anything when George W. Bush fired all of Clinton's people at the start of his first term.
Those federal prosecutors serve at the pleasure of the President. He chose to fire eight of them. End of story.
And Alberto Gonzales is out to save his job. His credibility was stretched beyond belief long before this food fight started. He's been ordered to "patch things up" with Congress, but I don't think he can do it.
The bigger issue is the rampant FBI abuse of the Patriot Act. This other idiocy can wait.
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