The chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party was quoted Saturday as saying he urged presidential adviser Karl Rove and one of his assistants to fire the state’s U.S. attorney….
“Is anything ever going to happen to that guy?” [NM GOP chair Allen] Weh said he asked Rove at a White House holiday event. “He’s gone,” Rove said, according to Weh.
Nice.
I wonder whether the fact that New Mexico appears to be turning into ground zero for the US Attorney scandal presents a mini-opportunity for Bill Richardson. Richardson undoubtedly knows all of the players, and maybe there’s a way he can use the GOP-sponsored corruption of the justice system in his home state to boost his profile a bit.
Please share widely!
is no bed of roses. Why do you think he didn’t get the “big job” at DEA?
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If the sewer, known locally as the Big Dig, ever gets reavealed to the public there are a lot of politicos democrat and republican that are going to go down the drain, Both the US Attorney and the Massachusetts Attorney General will do everything in their collective power to bury this so deep that it will never be able to be resurrected. Talk about a miscarriage of justice.
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Never, ever forget: It’s not what you do in Massachusetts, it’s who you are!
The Dems blog has a post up alleging that Rove’s assistant and current nominee for the forcefully vacated AR spot, Timothy Griffin, was behind a scheme to undermine the voting rights of 70,000 people (mostly black soldiers and homeless people) in 2004. Link the Dem’s blog here, and their link to the Griffin story here.
How do you determine the race of soldiers?
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Homeless people vote ? Most Americans fail to register to vote and and of those registered only 62% vote in national elections. The number of registered voters that vote in primaries is insignificant.
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No one votes in USA. I belive the statistics are that approximately 30% of eligible voters determine the outcome of elections. That’s a sad state of affairs.
that the BBC analysis was wrong. I’m all eyes.
I’m sure that the percentage of eligible voters (those of voting age, who are not debarred from voting for various reasons–such as felony convictions) varies from election to election. For example, it’s probable that a higher percentage vote when there is a presidential election than when there is not. There may be a slight uptick if a governor is elected during a non-presidential-election year, but I suspect it’s slight. Our town elections are held in March, and virtually nobody votes.
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The issue of the percentage of eligible voters who cast ballots is different from the percentage of registered voters who cast ballots. People may not bother registering for a variety of reasons. Which are your statistics directed to?