Clinging To Power

One of the best things about Obama taking over in January will be to see all of Bush's insane, religious extremist US Attorneys get the boot. But one plans on sticking around. Mary Beth Buchanan, the US Attorney is Pittsburgh, doesn't plan on going anywhere.

Despite a new administration coming into power, U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said she plans to stick around.

“It doesn’t serve justice for all the U.S. attorneys to submit their resignations all at one time,” she said yesterday.

Um. Good luck with that.

More than that, she said she would consider working in the Obama administration. She would not discuss what her future might hold beyond the U.S. attorney’s office.

“I am open to considering further service to the United States,” Ms. Buchanan said.

Wow. This is the woman who hired Monica Goodling, who has only prosecuted Democrats, and is being investigated by Congress. This would be like Karl Rove saying he is going to stick around - minus the fat doughiness.