Putting the Spitzer case aside for a sec, I think there is pretty compelling evidence to suggest the possibility of selective prosecution of Democratic elected officials (and/or candidates) over the last seven years by the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales DoJ:
From a 2005 study and updated through 2007:
http://www.epluribusmedia.org/column...ofiling_2.html
Considering that there are marginally a few higher percentage Dem elected officials nationwide than Republican, the numbers certainly raises questions.
And the concerns come from both the left and the right.
In the Siielegman case in Alabama
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Forty-four former attorneys general, both Democratic and Republican, petitioned the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to investigate the circumstances surrounding the investigation, prosecution, sentencing and detention of Don Siegleman, former governor of Alabama. (more on the Sielegman case and others in GA, Mi, MS...)
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Corruption investigations in Pennsylvanaia,:
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Richard L. Thornburgh, attorney general in the Reagan and first Bush administrations, charged Tuesday that political reasons motivated the Justice Department to open corruption investigations against Democrats in Mr. Thornburgh’s home state, Pennsylvania.
In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Mr. Thornburgh became the first former Republican attorney general to join with Democratic lawmakers to suggest that the Justice Department under Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales had singled out Democratic politicians for prosecution....
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/wa...te.html?ref=us
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