I found this interesting. from
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/1...civil-service/
Obama Administration Intends to Purge Republicans From the Civil Service Remember how the Democrats reacted when the Bush Administration started replacing U.S. Attorneys? At least they were actually political appointees employed at the will and whim of the President.

The memo from The U.S. Office of Personnel Management [[OPM)
http://www.chcoc.gov/Transmittals/Tr...smittalId=2588
Barack Obama is changing that. He intends to purge all Republicans from the federal bureaucracy retroactive to five years ago.
OPM is now claiming authority to weed out every former political appointee from being considered for ANY federal positions at EVERY level of the GS Pay Scale, for both the competitive AND excepted service – made RETROACTIVE for the past 5 years! [[This is a new, extra layer of scrutiny previously reserved for SES hires.) OPM will now check the recommended hires to “ensure they comply with merit system principles and applicable civil service laws.”
Illegally to fire civil servants based on how they are registered to vote.
I wonder what the unions are for this, maybe Ford can start firing workers because they don't like their political leanings.