I suspect that if Robert Byrd wasn’t a Democrat, that’s how the headlines would read:
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama’s appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by the executive branch.
Klansman or not, it does seem a bit rich for a Democratic senator to complain about imperial overreach out of Washington.