Patrick Fitzgerald to stay on.

[deminks]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/10/1789466.aspx

From NBC's Pete Williams
Patrick Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney in Chicago who brought criminal fraud charges against Rod Blagojevich, will be staying in his job in the Obama administration, even though he was appointed to the position by President George W. Bush.

U.S. attorneys are political appointees. The normal practice, when there's a change of political parties in the White House, is for the incoming administration to replace all 93 U.S. attorneys with appointees from the new president's party. For now, the Obama administration has asked the current Republican-appointed U.S. attorneys to remain in their posts while it considers how many to retain.

But Fitzgerald will not be asked to move on. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois has recommended that Eric Holder, the new attorney general, keep Fitzgerald. That suggestion was "positively received," according to officials at the Justice Department and Sen. Durbin's office.

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[Taverner]

1. Honestly, he is our Elliot Ness

Granted, he's an attorney, not a cop - but he definitely fights corruption

[DailyGrind51]

2. Can you imagine the crap that Daley and Stroger would be getting away with

if Fitzgerald was reassigned? At least some of Richie's mob buddies are in the slammer, thanks to Fitz!

[madrchsod]

6. ya he keeps richie on the straight and narrow....

[RB TexLa]

3. I'm sure there are no Democratic prosecutors in Illinois that would have liked that job.

[MadMaddie]

4. It doesn't make sense to get rid of someone who is qualified

over politics. Fitzgerald is a bulldog and we should keep him. It's a good move.

[madrchsod]

5. as far as anyone knows....no one knows who he votes for because

he does`t vote in our primary here in illinois. so he does`t have a paper trail to how he votes. even his friends have no idea how he votes.

he`s destroyed the republican party here in illinois so i guess that makes him a democrat but wait he`s going after blago and that must make him a republican. conard black and all the other assorted criminals,gang leaders,and other assorted scum just think he`s a son of a bitch.

ya we are glad he`s staying around here in northern illinois.