In Virginia, when Bob McDonnell’s gubernatorial campaign kicked into high gear, he resigned as state attorney general. In New Hampshire state attorney general Kelly Ayotte decided she wanted to run for Senate, she departed that job, too. But some stay in the job; among them, Pennsylvania’s Tom Corbett, who aspires to the governorship, and Jerry Brown made his gubernatorial bid official in California today.

But once a case comes along that involves the immediate predecessor — with big political repercussions – the case ought to be handed off to someone who doesn’t have a vested interest in the outcome.

Read the National Review story here.

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