There's a difference, though, between being a political appointee and putting a political operative in charge of a U.S. attorney's office.
Josh MarshallThere's this old line the wise folks in Washington have that "it's not the crime, but the cover-up." But only fools believe that. It's always about the crime. The whole point of the cover-up is that a full revelation of the underlying crime is not survivable.
Josh MarshallThis has been one of the more comedic aspects of this 72 hours - watching a cavalcade of extremely wealthy pundits, editorialists and political operatives from New York and Washington tell me how rural Americans won't stand for this.
Josh MarshallSuccess can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.
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