[bigeasy_70118]

Did this make sense whatsoever? Is it b/c Fred Thompson's a Republican?

[ProudVet77]

In a way. Thompson fired her for being to empathetic with the bad guys. Kind of made Thompson look a bit "mean-spirited".
NBC is doing quite a bit of demo bashing lately. West Wing has gone from bad to incredulous.

[GreatOne]

Did this make sense whatsoever? Is it b/c Fred Thompson's a Republican?

Dick Wolf, the producer of the show, is a huge liberal, and the earlie shows dealt with the wackiness of pro-lifers; some really repulsive dialogue. So, I'm not surprised. I suspect it may be a test run to out Dennis Farina's character gay, but I hope I'm wrong.