Paul Krugman today in the New York Times…Donald Shields and John Cragan, two professors of communication, have compiled a database of investigations and/or indictments of candidates and elected officials by U.S. attorneys since the Bush administration came to power. Of the 373 cases they identified, 10 involved independents, 67 involved Republicans, and 298 involved Democrats. The main source of this partisan tilt was a huge disparity in investigations of local politicians, in which Democrats were seven times as likely as Republicans to face Justice Department scrutiny.Krugman’s article notes that the eternal Molly Ivins reported on a phenomenon in Texas during the Rove days whereby candidates he supported seemed to benefit from conveniently timed federal investigations, involving allegations that often disappeared after election day.
It’s all politics, politics, politics with these people at the expense of everything else (though Abu Gonzales is apparently taking heat over the fired prosecutors, based on this story).
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