Your tax dollars at work

After being hyped for years, the label "The Imperial Presidency" seems to be coming true.

A Justice Department official will refuse to answer questions during a Senate committee hearing on the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself, her lawyer said Monday.

All of this hubbub for something that the president has the explicit power to do (fire US attorneys), he just can't look statesmanlike in doing so. Proving once again that the genius of the American political system lies in impeding the politicians, not empowering them.