I wonder if that picture would ever have been taken, much less published, if it were a Democrat as the subject?

With AP's track record of subtle(?) "editorial composition" in both text and graphic journalisim, I rather think not.

The pic is a hoot, and I would be surprised if the Attorney General didn't get at least a chuckle out of it himself. "Conservatives" in Government get used to this sort of treatment by the Press after a while, and I suspect that he's no stranger to it. If our President ever leaves his fly unzipped for about 30 seconds, guess what pictures are going to appear prominently in all the major newspapers and on national TV for about the next week and a half... ?