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salon.com - 12/2/2008

Eric Holder, Jack Quinn and the Rich pardon - Glenn Greenwald

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(updated below - Update II) Two weeks ago, in a largely positive assessment about Obama's likely Attorney General nominee -- entitled "Preliminary facts and thoughts about Eric Holder" -- I wrote : Holder's involvement in the sleazy Marc Rich pardon is definitely a blemish, though, given his ...

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washingtonpost.com - 12/2/2008

Richard Cohen - Eric Holder Is Disqualified by the Marc Rich Pardon

— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Richard Cohen - Eric Holder Is Disqualified by the Marc ...

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niemanlab.org - 12/3/2008

Frank Rich: Why I link » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism

— niemanlab.org — In the web version of his most recent column , The New York Times’ Frank Rich squeezed 32 links among his 1,560 words. The mere presence of links might not seem so notable — except that only one of the Times’ 10 other op-ed columnists had included ... (more) Frank Rich: Why I link » Nieman Journalism Lab ...

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politico.com - 12/4/2008

Holder pardon makes Senate Dems squirm

— politico.com — His role in Rich's pardon is unlikely to derail his nod, but it will make Dems uneasy. (more) Holder pardon makes Senate Dems squirm

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Holder and the Rich Pardon
Suburban Guerrilla — Glen Greenwald comments on Holder’s connection to the Rich pardon Having said all of that, why doesn’t Holder’s involvement in the Rich pardon make him unqualified to be Attorney General? Aside from the vital fact that there are many other factors that must be taken into account — principally, the likelihood that Holder can and will reverse the extreme Justice Department abuses of the last eight years, which I think is relatively high (though he should renounce his disturbing 2002 pro-Rumsfeld statements about Guantanamo and the ...

In which lambert apologizes, again, for being prematurely correct
Corrente — Glenn Greenwald: Despite that, it is now commonplace among giddy establishment pundits and Obama-reverent bloggers (two increasingly indistinguishable groups) to righteously announce that "the adults are back in charge." David Ignatius pronounced that Robert Gates is "the most reassuring figure of all, as a reminder that the adults will be in charge here." Fred Hiatt this morning is celebrating Obama's appointments as a "Team of Centrists" who are "proven pragmatists and team players." One limitlessly Obama-enamored blogger adopted ...

12/3: The GOP Comeback Begins?
Blogometer — ... represent positions and ideologies at odds with the positions and ideologies he campaigned on. And despite the insistence by some that we should 'just wait until Obama's in office' and shut up and 'give Obama a chance,' there's nothing disloyal, silly or uninformed about speaking out about those questions and concerns now -- because he is already exercising power when making these appointments, and as Frederick Douglass said, 'power concedes nothing without demand.'" Meanwhile, Salon 's Glenn Greenwald argues that bloggers are entitled to give Obama the benefit of the ...

Hullabaloo — ... You've probably already read Greenwald religiously, but if you haven't in the last couple of days, check out these two posts about "grownups" and " ...