Blunt's New Job

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I Want Dark Meat. Oh Yeah? Well, I Want White Meat!

Matt & Roy Blunt Discuss Presidential Politics Over the Holiday Weekend

Seventy-six days before Missourians have the opportunity to cast votes in a presidential preference primary, and endorsements from some of the state's Republican heavy-hitters are still coming in.

...keep reading, my naughty little gerbils...

Rudy Giuliani has been the fave thus far, with Missouri House Majority leader Steven Tilley, Representative Jo Ann Emerson and Senator Kit Bond all weighing in to endorse him. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney is the man, according to former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, state House Speaker Rod Jetton and Governor Matt Blunt.

Oddly enough, Congressman Roy Blunt has been mum as to whom he'll be endorsing thus far, though he has utilized Giuliani to help him raise funds for his re-election bid. And, we all know how money talks.

So, I begin to wonder, what kind of Thanksgiving will it be at the Blunt manor this year?

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Another Take On Todd Graves

Thomas Charles at Firedup Missouri has a different take on the Todd Graves firing. He agrees that Graves was forced out by main Justice, but only because Graves' wife was a potential target in a local fee office scandal also involving Matt Blunt. It is important to remind everybody that Graves had recused himself from working on the fee office mess and Bud Cummins was assigned to handle the inquiry. Anyway you might want to give Charles' blog a look. Beyond the name calling, Charles and Kraske are simply giving alternative takes on the same set of basic facts. Todd Graves was forced out of office by the Rovian DoJ. He was the 9th, 10th or 11th US Attorney fired for political reasons, depending on how you count them. It's pretty clear from his public statements that he is doing all he can to distance himself from Gonzales and Rove. Anyway, Graves was replaced by Brad Schlozman, a loyal Bushie of the first rank and genuine Rovian operative.

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Bud Cummins Wonders

Do you remember Bud Cummins. He is the US Attorney in Arkansas who was asked to give up his job so Karl Rove's protege Tim Griffin could pad his resume. Of course, given his history Tim Griffin is probably unconfirmable as a US Attorney. Padding his resume takes him no where. Most of us have assumed that Griffin was sent to Arkansas to do a hatchet job on Hillary Clinton.

Bud Cummins wonders if his work investigating the Republican Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, son of the powerful Roy Blunt (R-MO), might have had something to do with his firing. Read the LA Times article and wonder too.

The problem with turning the DoJ into a nest of partisan hacks is that lots of people start wondering about the motivations behind particular prosecutions. Soon everybody wonders if all corruption charges are politically motivated. After these firings all Deputy US Attorneys and other professionals in the Department of Justice have to wonder if they are graded down for being straight shooters and if they are graded up for being "loyal Bushies."

Every US Attorney now knows one thing is for sure, the AG doesn't have his back unless he puts being a "loyal Bushie" ahead of everything else.

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