Sarah Palin has been elected to high public office. Eric H. Holder, Jr is merely an appointed political apparatchik.
I do not recall in my lifetime a more politicized AG than Holder. Not even Janet Reno was as bad, and she was pretty bad. Could you imagine someone like John Ashcroft making such political statements? No, they tried to serve the Justice department in a manner to serve the people, not use it as a political arm.