--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 3/6/07 1:57:59 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > > > jstein@ writes: > > > > > > > > Thank goodness for the blogs. If it weren't for > > > > them (Talking Points Memo especially), the whole > > > > scandal about the firing of the U.S. attorneys > > > > wouldn't have made a ripple. > > > > > > > > I think Clinton fired all of them when he came into office > > in '92. > > > > > > Most presidents do that when they come into office, > > > of course, and then appoint new ones. But once > > > appointed, they're rarely ousted in the middle of > > > an administration, and then almost always for cause. > > > > > Does anyone know the percentage of political appointees vs. career > > civil servants per administration? I know there is a large number > of > > political appointees that are brought in with every new > > administration. > > Not a clue here. Interesting question. > > > >
When a new Administration enters, it is traditional for all sorts of people to offer their resignations, including ambassadors, staff, etc. I don't know WHICH groups are expected to automatically offer and which ones aren't. It may be department-dependent.
