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Paul
Bush gives in and picks a guy the Democrats will likly confirm. Maybe he should have picked someone else to really give the democrats something to bitch about.

Were you so concerned about “The integrity of our constitution” when clinton appointed Janet “Branch Davidian” Reno AG and Web “Client Overbilling” Hubbel Asst. AG?

Doesn’t the constitution protect citizens from their own government entering their homes and kidnapping a child at gunpoint to appease a communist dictator of another country?

Doesn’t the constitution protect citizens from their own government cooking up false accusations to justify a full scale assault on their church?

Methinks your concern about constitutional integrity is a little partisan, no?

I can’t see anything wrong with Bush appointing an apostle as an interim AG. The place needs a thorough cleaning before it gets a real Attorney General. There are tons of shredded paper that needs to be thrown out and all the computers need new hard drives. Plus, it will probably take several months to dust all the archives and make them tidy.

Wow. Leaving the problem in charge instead of confirming the solution. Talk about defeating your own purpose!

Seriously, all this will do is make the Dems look like they are holding up the confirmation of a good nominee for the sake of politics. Do you really want to put the word “obstructionist” back into Bush’s tiny dictionary?

Seriously, all this will do is make the Dems look like they are holding up the confirmation of a good nominee for the sake of politics.

But why should they change their tactics…they’ve been so successful up to now.

The Democrats aint gonna like anyone Bush nominates. Even if he nominated Hillary they wouldn’t like it. Just because it’s Bush doing the nominating.
It’s still politics as usual up there in DC. And the Democrats are really showing their new found bipartisanship.
But I have to wounder how qualified Mukasey is.

So dems will hold up the confirmation of a nominee more acceptable to them than the interim one Bush picks w/o confirmation? Aren’t they playing right into his hands? What incentive does Bush have to comply and hand over the documents if all they’re holding over his head is confirmation of a nominee he probably likes less than the one he’s got now without a fight?

This is nonsense. And blackmail-give us what we want or we don’t confirm your guy. Politics as usual I see. So much for “the most ethical Congress ever.”

Gee, I’m still looking for that part of the Constitution that says Bush has to get the Senate’s permission to run the Justice Department.

Biden was on Sunday morning saying that the litmus test is that the AG should be America’s lawyer and not the President’s lawyer. It was before his time (barely) but I wonder what he thought of JFK’s nomination for AG?

Fact is all Cabinet positions are political appointments, and post Bork the confirmation process for all appointments has become a political circus. we have “super majorities” and “nuclear options”, character assassinations (Tower), illegal immigrants (Baird and Chavez), and interest group lawsuits (the guy Clinton nominated for Veterans Affairs).

Makes for pretty good theater, but neither side can claim the moral highground of doing what’s best for the country.

Paul, very good analysis. I think Bush’s attempt at relying upon Keisler is a case of Bush grabbing enough rope to hang himself and his administration with. I think Democrats should assist Bush in this grab for rope, and refuse Mukasey’s confirmation or hearing, if politics is the objective.

On the other hand, if principle and good governance are the objectives, then I agree with you again, Leahy must insist on the subpeonae for more information before confirmation hearings may begin.

This is a win-win for Democrats on either grounds. Though the net effect may be a continuation of bad governance over the Justice Dep’t. for the remainder of Bush’s term, but, that consequence falls upon the President’s choices of management of the Justice Dep’t., no matter how you cut it.

Many Dems claimed that Mukasey was acceptable to them. If they now want to play some silly political game, they really cannot complain if the President lets a person he likes act as AG. The problems is one of the Democrats making and the solution is in their hands.

I swear, Democrats are depressed by sunshine and flowers. It is also very interesting that they claim Bush is a dope and the person who tricks them all the time. What does that make Dems if Bush can consistently outsmart them?

Of course this is just a Dem political game. They prefer to keep the issue rather than find a solution. Leahy is being very dishonest about this.

Jack, the only solutions are those Pres. Bush nominates. So far, his track record on solutions has been bankrupt to say the least.

David

This one the Dems have previously praised. It is dishonest of them now to be shocked-shocked. I guess they just want Janet Reno back in the saddle.

Jack- Alberto an Janet, just like the two bald
headed guys that put their heads together an
made an ass of them selves, on an old “Jack-Mule”