From the Washington Post

FROM 1997 to 2001, Rod J. Rosenstein worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Greenbelt. For the past two years, he has been the top federal prosecutor in Maryland and has earned plaudits for his crackdown on gang violence and public corruption. He has worked in public service jobs in the Washington area, primarily in the Justice Department, for roughly 18 years and has lived in Bethesda for the past 10.

Yet Maryland Democratic Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin are portraying Mr. Rosenstein as a carpetbagger. The senators criticized President Bush’s nomination Nov. 15 of Mr. Rosenstein to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit because they claim Mr. Rosenstein lacks “a lengthy history of state legal experience in Maryland and strong Maryland roots.” The senators also argue that Mr. Rosenstein is doing such a good job as U.S. attorney that he should be kept in that post rather than moved to the court.

Ms. Mikulski and Mr. Cardin may be hoping to stall Mr. Rosenstein’s nomination until a Democratic president can fill the Maryland seat.

Mr. Bush’s nominee is also a veteran of the Clinton administration’s Justice Department who wins rave reviews from Jo Ann Harris, one-time head of the Clinton Justice Department’s criminal division. Ms. Harris calls him a “perfect” candidate for a judgeship; “smart, savvy and as straight an arrow as I have encountered.”

In most lines of business, those who prosper at their assigned jobs are offered the opportunity to advance. They are given more responsibility, with increased pay as a reward for their successes. When working for a federal government controlled by politicians who know nothing of hard work or success, the oppossite is true. Had Mr. Rosenstein been completely incompetent as an U.S. Attorney, would Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin agree to his being assigned to a Federal Appellate Court?

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