“Bush’s dismissal of DAs comes to mind and it was a clear example of abuse of power.”

That statement is ignorance as is the entire affair that has been created surrounding it. Once upon a time I was an AUSA. Prior to taking the oath, I had a sitdown with the FAUSA (that would be First Assistant U.S. Attorney for those unfamiliar) wherein I was advised that the boss, the USA, served completely at the pleasure of the President and that, generally speaking, we were all to follow suit unless advised otherwise.

That conversation was the reason that, while I objected to the cloddish style, I had no problem with Clinton’s wholesale firing of the USAs, even considering the fortuity (i.e. relief from prosecution) it visited on some Dems. The current brouhaha generated by the Congress that brought us $4 gasoline is complete crap; the timeworn Dem device of using ignorance they carefully fostered.