Mukasey is a disappointment to Democrats who supported him. Really?

Okay, this NY Times article was just waiting to be written. Eric Lichtblau probably put it in his calendar to give it six or seven months. How can Chuck Schumer really be disappointed? Seriously. Mukasey works for George Bush:

When President Bush tapped Michael B. Mukasey to lead the scandal-plagued Justice Department nine months ago, Senator Charles E. Schumer could not say enough good things about his fellow New Yorker. Mr. Schumer ran out of time in ticking off Mr. Mukasey’s accomplishments at his Senate hearing, and the senator’s vote of support ensured his confirmation as attorney general.

Yet at a hearing this month, face to face with his pick for attorney general, Mr. Schumer, a Democrat, did not hide his disappointment in what he saw as Mr. Mukasey’s reluctance to move more aggressively in investigating accusations that the Justice Department had brought politically inspired prosecutions against Democratic politicians.

Mr. Schumer was still fuming a short time later as he went to the Senate floor for a vote. “That was terrible,” Mr. Schumer told a colleague privately in assessing Mr. Mukasey’s performance, an official privy to the conversation said.

Articles like this are hard to stomach. Last November, Schumer and Diane Feinstein voted to approve Mukasey, despite his bizarre transformational performance during the confirmation hearings. They should have known better then. They shouldn't be surprised now. No one else is.

Read Dan Froomkin's column about how Bush rolled the Senate -- again -- to get Mukasey appointed. Disappointed. Ha.