I'm curious -- has anyone tallied up how much money has actually been returned by Republicans (or Democrats, although I think this is a much smaller number) because of all the various scandals in the last couple of years? I'm talking specifically about political donations, to individual candidates or committes like the RNC, RSCC, etc. I have a feeling it's over $500,000, but it'd be interesting to know exactly how much has been returned.

Did anyone inform the apparatchiks that work in the Whitehouse that the rubberstamp Republicans are in the minority?

Yeah, I know a lot of this occurred before the D's took power, but these A**wipes had to be aware that the handwriting was on the wall? Nobody is that stupid.

As to the issue of legality, I don't think there's a law specifically against what the members of Congress did. Rather, I think it would have been improper for Iglesias to discuss it, thus the onus was on him to refuse to answer those sorts of questions. Also, consider these statements:

'I didn’t want to talk about it. Federal prosecutors can’t talk about indictments in general until they’re made public.'

and:

'It was a very unpleasant phone call, because I know that members of Congress should not be making phone calls about pending matters, pending investigations, indictment dates, things of that nature.'

The reason why Congress can't know is because those sorts of things aren't meant to be made _public_. I sense that he's implying here that the congress members may have indicated they intended to make that information public if they found out for themselves. This may have been stated directly (highly unlikely) or implied by how they asked the question. So while it'd be bad to tell a member of Congress, it'd be really bad to tell a member of Congress who plans to then hold a press conference and announce it to the world, or send out a staffer to dissiminate the information on "background" or anonymously to various newspapers.

Mr. Iglesias >"...It was a very unpleasant phone call..."

I`d bet the second call was from Ms. Wilson.

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my pathetic pea brain warbles back to seeing heather "bobby jo" wilson on Bill Maher's show. She made her self sound so liberal.
What do we call rotten garbage while it still clings to the flesh? I understand Domenici is senile? anyone want to confirm that one?
this is a serious crime. I hope the people of NM begin recall proceedings if Mr. Iglesias does name elected representatives as those having called him to what?: obstruct justice, influence a public official, firing a public official due to partisan hackery. There are so many issues here that it is a joke to call this a democracy or republic.

Desperately running in circles trying to look unaffected by this Attorneys accusations. The repubs will do as normal...evade, impede, deny, then blame Iglesias for undermining the troops and emboldening the enemy. The power of corruption oft times just feeds on itself. The repubs have demonstrated over and over that there is nothing they would not do to gain power. This behavior, to manipulate the DOJ, whether coming from Dems or Repubs should not be tolerated and should carry strict punishment. The misuse of power should carry the consequence of being removed from it. It's the best way to dissuade others from this type of activity.

I always have liked Tuesdays.As for David Iglesias feeling fearful of repercussions,well hell,he just got fired.Now that`s a pretty big one.He knows he`s dealing with criminals whose behavior is ruthless to say the least.I`d be more fearful of physical harm knowing what I know about the criminal element that controls this country.
Tuesday cannot come soon enough.

Hey here's an idea -lets see if we can turn up Iglesia's phone records by Tuesday. And if we matched up Heather Wilson's or Pete Domenici number , or staff ' number would not that be the basis for a full blown Special Prosecutor be put on the case. Paging Patrick Fitzgerald !
Also does anyone know if Congresswoman Wilson was in anyway involved with Iran Contra Scandal during her military service? Did Wilson ever serve with Ollie North or any other usual suspect from that era?
If nothing else we need to see all of the USA Iglesia's phone records.
This all goes back BushCo -BushCo must be fought by any means necessary !!!
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"NPR's Melissa Block asked why Iglesias refused to go ahead and name the lawmakers.

Because frankly, I’m afraid of retaliation. I live in a very small state with a very small legal community. And I’m frankly afraid if I go public right now, that there could be retaliation in terms of me being blacklisted, blackballed… you pick your adjective."

This is a really poor excuse for not naming the people making those phone calls. Does Iglesias really think those who contacted him don't know who they are and will definately blackball him for what he has already said?

Get out in front of this, Dems! Someone needs to throw down the gauntlet.

It's a short but sweet quote; it just needs to come out now rather than after they admit it to ratchet up the stakes for whoever tried to improperly pressure U.S. Attorney Iglesias:

"Any federal elected official who attempted to interfere with a federal criminal investigation should come forward immediately. If this official did so for partisan political gain, they should resign from office."

Perhaps throw in something about abuse of the justice system for good measure.

The purge of U.S. attorneys is looking more and more like it was fully planned and executed by repugs. And you gotta know that undertaking this kind of thing is way serious and would never be instituted at a lower political echelon than the very top.

In fact, it could well be that the legislation that allows for it could be part of the overall effort to subvert the legal system of the United States. We are seeing a logically progressive and associated series of events that strongly suggest a conspiracy. It is certainly obvious there is more going on here than can be explained by coincidence. We are talking about tinkering with the legal system of this country at a very high level that has no precedent.

I heard Tom Cruise's character in A Few Good Men was based on Iglesias. I hope that Iglesias shows more Cruise-like character Tuesday because "there could be retaliation, whaaa" sure wasn't in the movie. Come on Iglesias, we can handle the truth!

Is it too early to ask what crimes may have been committed? And would replacement senators be appointed, or would a special election be called?

Would Gov. Richardson appoint a Democrat to fill Domeneci's seat?

Goodbye Joe L, good bye Joe, good bye Joe, so sad to see you go!

It's amazing that after all of the scandals uncovered in the past few years, a lot involving major life and death situations, this little scandal could prove to be the biggest of them all.

Depending on what happens, the 2 senator's and AG could be in real jeopardy.

The first thing I look to when it's a senator, is who's the governor for obvious reasons!

YES!

...We are seeing a logically progressive and associated series of events that strongly suggest a conspiracy. It is certainly obvious there is more going on here than can be explained by coincidence. We are talking about tinkering with the legal system of this country at a very high level that has no precedent....

Well, yes. And if you start pulling on various small threads you are--at some point, assuming you want to know the truth--going to be pulling on some very large threads. Who, exactly, wrote the Patriot Act? When? Why? There's a narrative surrounding the Patrtiot Act, sure, but it's clearly a misleading narrative. I'm not sure there are enough orange jumpsuits on hand to sort out the big picture. And, of course, there's some evidence that the public parts of the act interact in complex ways with the secret parts of the act. Really, really, untangling the deep structure behind this mess is going to take a while and some serious political power. I can't see it happending without a lot more new Dems in the House and a general decline in the existing party leadership.

Why will the subpoena protect him? This more than likely goes higher than Gonzales, and there are many, many forms of payback. I don't blame Iglesias for not having been anxious to talk about this. I am glad that congress is finally using its majority status. Power to the Subpoena!

Who's running for President and who just moved to New Mexico. Joe and Val?

Regarding how high up this goes:

To realize that U.S. Attorney is a great stepping stone position for young political talent, investigate the appointment process and ways of legally changing it to allow the Bush/Cheney administration to make appointments unilaterally, have the necessary language drafted, and convince some tremendously craven Senator to slip this language into the USA Patriot Act (Sen. Arlen Specter or supposedly his staff without his knowledge) requires a tremendous amount of foresight.

You have to be an absolutely brazen partisan who is involved at the highest levels of the administration to come up with such a scheme and put it into effect. Who fits that profile?

Karl Rove.

Anyone know the answer to what the Goopers were fishing for--WAS an indictment against a Dem ever in process or handed down? Be pretty funny if these idiots climbed out on this long limb grasping for a straw that wasn't even there.

The broad motive for the insertion of Rovite operatives into these jobs is clear, but have we thought through the specifics? Is this an effort to stonewall investigation of GOP wrong-doing or to lynch Dems once the dust settles? Seems unlikely to be just a parking place for friends - there are plenty of those to go around.

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