Finally! Useful Academic Research: Partisan Profiling of Fed. Judges on Bush's Watch

Mikaela re-posts:
Lest you think the Gonzales 8 were isolated instances, this comes via White House Briefing in the Washington Post:

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 375 cases they identified, 10 [3%] involved independents, 67 [17%] involved Republicans and 298 [79%] 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.

This is not an indication of guilt. It's a clear indication that once again, Bush condones blurring the line between Executive Power and the other branches of government. I see he believes in checks; it's the balances he doesn't seem to recognize.

Utterly outrageous.