NYT reports that, “The investigation of Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Republican lobbyist, took a surprising new turn on Thursday when the Justice Department said the chief prosecutor in the inquiry would step down next week because he had been nominated to a federal judgeship by President Bush.”
Karl Rove is clearly losing his touch. While I am reasonably sure the appointment is above board–there was a reason he was put in charge of a high profile case like this to begin with, after all–it is positively dumb timing from a public relations standpoint.
