Eric Holder Tapped To Be Attorney General
Michael Isikoff at Newsweek is reporting that Eric Holder will be nominated by Barack Obama to be the next attorney general of the United States. Holder, who was Deputy Attorney General under Clinton, would be the first African-American in that position.
Expect conservatives to raise a stink because of Clinton’s pardon of Mark Rich.
Although there is no evidence that Holder actively pushed the pardon, he was criticized for not raising with the White House the strong objections that some Justice Department lawyers and federal prosecutors in New York had to pardoning somebody who had fled the country. But after reviewing the evidence in the case, and checking with staffers on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Obama aides and Holder both decided the issue was highly unlikely to prove an obstacle to his confirmation, one of the sources said–especially given the Democrats’ more sizable post-election majority in the Senate.
Is this another example of the change we are to get from Obama? What kind of change is this when all we are getting from the Obama team is a bunch of old Washington, DC retreads. A bunch of people who have no idea of the lives of the people who don’t live in the beltway.
SOME CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!
November 18th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
I think president-elect Barack Obama will mix it up in his cabinet of players. I am not surprised by Obama’s nomination of Eric Holder. It was rumored he might select Arizona governor Janet Napolitano. But Holder is expected. We’ll see if this materializes. Probably will when considering there’s not much time to waste.
November 18th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Change. Change is anything OTHER than Bush Co & Friends.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
No, the change Obama professed to bring was bipartisanship. With Clintonites, it will be nothing but partisanship with the hint of illegal activities. The Clintons are still in the house.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Given that Clinton had the only Democratic administration since 1980, it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that some of the Obama appointments should have some ties to that time.
The folks who are raising a stink now about Obama are likely the same ones who had no problem with all the retreads in the Bush II administration.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
[...] Alan anticipates the political fallout of naming Eric Holder to be Attorney General. Posted in Radio Show by Joel [...]
November 18th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
No evidence Alan? Are you awake? Holder was the point man at Justice who circumvented the traditional pardon process…..and kept it a very closely held secret to his colleagues, not to mention the AG…..in order to complete the bribe Willie got from Rich’s wife…..now it’s true the President can pardon whoever he damn well pleases, but Alan, be serious…..have you even watched the congressional testimony?
November 18th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Alan usually watches with blinders on. His glasses always filter out the facts when they get in the way of his argument.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
After graduating from Columbia (BA) and Columbia Law School (JD), Holder worked in the U.S. Justice Department as a trial attorney in the Public Integrity section from 1976 to 1988, under Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan.
He was then appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve as an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
See the Wiki and elsewhere for more.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
“Alan usually watches with blinders on. His glasses always filter out the facts when they get in the way of his argument.”
Posted by Willy
I think you’re confusing Hannity with Alan.
November 18th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
This is BS…They should just put Bill Clinton back in office. IS this the best Obama has??
November 19th, 2008 at 3:14 am
“They should just put Bill Clinton back in office.”
Would if we could, JDP!
November 19th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Touche Sarah
November 19th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Bachmann criticized Eric Holder for not vetting Frank Rich, but Bachmann (and Norm Coleman) has her own pardon problem … read about it at the Dump Bachmann blog:
http://is.gd/8a8F
November 19th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Terrorist fist-bump right back at ya, Hope for Change!
November 19th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Great choice….\
Anyone that Sean and Bachmann don’t like is sure to be a winner.
November 19th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Alan is a joke. Let’s watch him stick his upper lip out and defend this one.
November 19th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
So much for change that includes thinking outside the box, reaching across the aisle, and forming a team that includes people who aren’t old-school Washington insiders.
November 19th, 2008 at 9:14 pm