Chuck Rosenberg’s new part-time job

Although no one here in the Old Dominion got the ax, the U.S. Attorney firings story now has a local angle: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales yesterday appointed Chuck Rosenberg, the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, as his interim chief of staff, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Rosenberg, who has past experience in the Justice Department, replaces Kyle Sampson, who quit last Monday amid calls for Gonzales' own resignation. A Republican source said that Rosenberg will stay on the job in Alexandria and the new position is only temporary.