Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
Quote Originally Posted by hongkonger View Post

Elections are partisan.
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There are elected offices where political party is not stated or utilized. Sure, you can have a conservative candidate and liberal candidate, but at least someone in an elected office won't feel that they "owe" the party anything for being there.

The way it stands now, the appointed Attorney General feels an obligation to the President and the party he represents, which is a huge conflict of interest.

If it were a Republican taking bribes from online poker sites, or if it were Republicans in charge of the VA during that scandal, you had better believe Holder would have been all over those investigations.
But even if there aren't any stated affiliations, it's usually pretty clear who is aligned with who. Running for office also entails raising campaign funds, which makes the officeholder feel like he owes the people who funded his campaign. We already have seen this in states where judges are elected.

But I agree with the basic premise that the attorney general should be strong and independent enough to go after anyone who seems to have done wrong even if those people are normally aligned with him.