We're learning a lot from the House Judiciary Committee's investigation of the firings of the U.S. Attorneys. It's further confirmation that the Bush administration overly politicized everything. The Bush politicos actually ranked the U.S. Attorneys in terms of fealty to Bush and his agenda. Right at the top of the list was Chris Christie, who is this year's GOP candidate for Governor in New Jersey -- a post for which he was groomed by Karl Rove:
The ranking -- disclosed for the first time this week as part of a Congressional investigation into the controversial firings of U.S. attorneys in 2006 -- places Christie among prosecutors who "produced, managed well and exhibited loyalty to the President and Attorney General."Christie offers New Jersey a return to the Bush/Rove era. I really hope the voters in the Garden State are smarter than that.
Other categories included U.S. attorneys who "chafed against Administration initiatives" or "have not distinguished themselves," according to the documents.
The March 2005 list, sent to the White House by the Justice Department, was part of a trove of internal documents and Congressional testimony released on Tuesday. The documents also included testimony by Bush political advisor Karl Rove, who said he and Christie had discussed the possibility that Christie might run for governor. Those discussions occurred while Christie was still U.S. attorney, a non-political post.
