Sources tell me that many close to Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez actually believe that the Inspector General report paints the Obama administration in a positive light.  This is proof positive that ideological zeal can lead to ideological blindness.

They must have stopped reading the report on about page 74. 

In his meeting with the Voting Section yesterday, Perez actually told the attendees that the report was exculpatory and concluded that the administration has been successful in making the Section run better. 

Give credit where some credit is due, even Rick Hasen isn’t buying that cartload of cabbage.   In yesterday’s meeting, Perez again highlighted the divisions in the Department by praising employees who had worked there a “very long time, and those hired by the current administration.”  This effectively excludes the employees hired during the Bush administration.  It is no accident that even many liberal attorneys hired by the Bush administration have been run off by this exclusionary talk and attitude.  Perez might genuinely improve morale by dropping the divisive and exclusionary praise next time he visits the conference room.