Do you have a Monica problem?

"You have a Monica problem."
This is what Robin C. Ashton was told when she asked why she didn't get the promotion.
No, she doesn't work for the Monica Geller as a cook in one of Friends' episode. She is a "seasoned criminal prosecutor" about to take a job as an United States Attorney.

The Monica here is Monica M. Goodling, then 31 year old, who was delegated by the former Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales to be in charge of appoint US Attorneys, who are the top federal prosecutors representing the US Federal Government. She graduated from a bottom-tier law school (Regent University, founded by Pat Robertson) in 1999 and worked at the Bush 2000 campaign before becoming a political appointee in the Justice Department.

This was a top story back in 2007, and I'm glad the media didn't let it slip after a year when she finally on the stand. There is not much for me to say besides this old news column from Thomas Friedman on the New York Times: "Failing by Example."

"Only a united America could have the patience and fortitude to heal a divided Iraq — and we simply don’t have that today. Why? Because George Bush and Dick Cheney asked everyone to check their politics at the door when it came to Iraq, because victory there was so important — everyone but themselves."

"They actually thought they could unite Iraq, while dividing America."

"After all, who can ask more soldiers to sacrifice their lives in Iraq for an administration that wouldn’t even sacrifice its politics?"