The White House will stop at nothing until they get all the federal prosecutors replaced with their political buddies:

A United States attorney in Arkansas who was dismissed from his job last year by the Justice Department was ousted after Harriet E. Miers, the former White House counsel, intervened on behalf of the man who replaced him, according to Congressional aides briefed on the matter.

 Ms. Miers, the aides said, phoned an aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales suggesting the appointment of J. Timothy Griffin, a former military and civilian prosecutor who was a political director for the Republican National Committee and a deputy to Karl Rove, the White House political adviser.

 Later, the incumbent United States attorney, H. E. Cummins III, was removed without explanation and replaced on an interim basis by Mr. Griffin. Officials at the White House and Justice Department declined to comment on Ms. Miers’s role in the matter.

The Senate is trying to get rid of this practice, but we have Republicans like Jon Kyl blocking the Democrats efforts. Remember – this was something pushed into the Patriot Act by someone in Specter’s office.

Considering how the Republicans are so quick to block all new legislation, I guess the only rebut will be to make sure the Democrats majority grows next year. That shouldn’t be to hard considering most senators up for reelection are Republicans. If we can pick up 10 seats, that would be perfect. We would have enough to vote for cloture and enough to tell Lieberman to fuck off.

Until that time, the Democrats in the House and Senate need to keep a close eye on this. The White House already got rid of the prosecutor who brought Cunningham to justice (pretty funny – prosecute a Republican who was involved in scams effecting our soldiers and you get fired). Her last day was yesterday.