Have you heard the Obama administration might appoint a (gasp) Republican as the next U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Alabama? Well, set your mind at rest. No matter what you may have heard, Tamarra Matthews Johnson is not a "rabid, right-wing Republican." Or any sort of Republican at all. In fact, Ms. Johnson is actually a Democrat -- no matter what a single, unnamed source alleges.
Let me back up a step or two. New U.S. Attorneys have already been nominated and confirmed in the Northern (Joyce Vance) and Southern (Kenyen Brown) districts of Alabama, but Bush nominee Leura Canary is still in place in the Middle District.
(Cross posted from Left in Alabama.)
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