This is curious. The day’s big story–the Albuquerque Journal article that places President Bush at the center of the firing of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias–did not contain any reaction from the White House or the Department of Justice. Mike Gallagher’s piece this morning noted that Sen. Pete Domenici’s office declined to comment, but there was no reference, one way or the other, to any effort to contact the White House or DOJ for comment. That’s not necessarily a criticism of Gallagher’s work, but it did leave me with questions and the expectation that there would be some serious blowback from the Administration in response to the article. But here we are on Sunday evening, and I’m still not seeing any public reaction from the Administration. McClatchy is reporting that the White House did not respond to its questions about the story out of New Mexico. You might say the silence is deafening.
Late update: The later version of the McClatchy story contains reaction from the White House and DOJ.
