"And in New Mexico, Iglesias's office had been examining alleged wrongdoing involving state Democrats."

In case anyone thinks the firing of Iglesias in New Mexico shows how bipartisan these firings were, Iglesias was fired precisely because he botched some high profile prosecutions of Democrats in the state.

Congresswoman Heather Wilson (NM-1) was reportedly furious with Iglesias for not giving her more ammunition against her opponent in 2006, Attorney General Patricia Madrid. Heather was barely re-elected even though she threw her usual football field of mud at her relatively weak Democratic opponent.