Shifting the Civil Rights Focus

Today's New York Times has an article about the shifting focus of civil rights prosecutions in the Bush administration. In brief, Duhbya's troops have invested much more time in religious civil rights cases as opposed to the more traditional focus on racial issues. While I share some of the concerns of those in the article that this is more about a pro-fundy agenda rather than neutral application of civil rights law, this is exactly the kind of thing that plays into the office of United States Attorney being a "political" appointment. It's proper for a president to conclude that one set of issues should take priority within the Department of Justice and marshal his forces accordingly.