Partisan politics inside the Beltway has been around forever. That’s a given. Unfortunately, these days it has reached such ridiculous heights.
That being said, if the Republicans had been serious at all about pressuring Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. to resign, they would have been a little smarter and tried to get some Democrats on board.
Instead, it ends up looking like another Republican opportunity to bash the Obama administration and its Justice Department.
So far, more than 60 members of Congress, along with two presidential hopefuls, have called for Holder to resign. Not one is a Democrat.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying the Republicans’ campaign is even legitimate. Sure, Eric Holder should take some blame for the disastrous Operation Fast and Furious, but I don’t think there’s any evidence so far that he intentionally misled Congress as some are saying. Simply put: Having no Dems on their side hurts the cause.
In the end, the attack-Holder campaign by the Republicans ends up being just another ugly exercise in partisan politics.
