blogs.tnr.com - 11/19/2008
—
Eric Holder looks like Obama's pick
for attorney general. I've been impressed by him ever since interviewing
him in the '90s, when he was U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and
identified the phenomenon of the single "unreachable" D.C.
juror--often an ...
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/18/2008
—
firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From NBC's Pete WilliamsPresident-elect Obama has offered Eric
Holder the position of attorney general, and Holder has...
accepted it, according to sources involved in the process. The formal announcement has been held up while Obama transition team ...
(more)
Holder to be named attorney general
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 11/21/2008
—
campaignspot.nationalreview.com —
Back in 1998, when testifying before Congress about
the need for a federal hate crimes law, then...
Deputy-Attorney General Eric Holder was asked for amp... . . .
(more)
A Good Question For Eric Holder
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 11/20/2008
Comments
Blog Reactions
Hooray For Holder
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Jeff Rosen likes the AG pick: As deputy AG, Holder,
supervised all of the administrative and enforcement components of the Justice
department, and understands the importance of professionalism rather than
politics. This is particularly important in offices like the Division of
Justice Management, which recently approved Gonzales's request for taxpayers to
pay his private attorneys fees (rather than relying on DOJ lawyers) in the suit
against him by law students who allege he refused to hire them because of their
political beliefs. What a relief it will be to ...
Hey Obama, Where Are the Women?
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... for Secretary of Health and Human Services and Eric Holder for Attorney General, it appears that Obama may not even be able to keep up with George W. Bush's 2nd best record. Apparently, when Obama said he wanted change, he was not thinking about us sweeties. ...
Related Content
Holder? Why, oh, why?
firedoglake.com 11/18/2008 —
I think I am having an aneurysm. Why in the name of all that is sensible would Barack Obama want a Clinton re-tread as AG? Not just any Clinton re-tread, nope, the brain trust behind the Marc Rich pardon. Do you know how many brilliant, talented ...
Eric Holder, AG?
powerlineblog.com 11/19/2008 — News reports indicate that Barack Obama has offered the post of Attorney General to Eric Holder. No surprise there, except perhaps on the part of internet liberals who thought the Obama administration would be different in some significant respect ...
Will Eric Holder Shift Justice Away From The Bush Model?
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — Barack Obama looks likely to pick Eric Holder -- who during the Clinton administration held the number two post at Justice -- to be his next attorney general.
Under Bush, as TPMmuckraker has chronicled, the department was subjected to an ...
Obama offers Holder attorney general post
| Politics
reuters.com 11/19/2008 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has conditionally offered Eric Holder the job as attorney general, and the former top Clinton administration official has accepted, a senior Democrat said on Tuesday. Before the offer becomes ...
The Trouble With Eric Holder
thenation.com 11/19/2008 — Quick! Name the veteran Department of Justice insider who, shortly after the USA Patriot Act was signed into law and at a point when the Bush administration was proposing to further erode barriers to governmental abuses, argued that dissenters should ...
Will Holder Be Attorney General?
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 11/18/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has given strong signals to Eric H. Holder Jr., a senior official in the Clinton administration, that he will be chosen as attorney general, but no final decision has been made, people involved in the ...
Hooray For Big Hollywood
bighollywood.breitbart.com 1/6/2009 — When it comes to deploring the leftist hegemony in Hollywood, I can deplore with the best of them. It stinks that America-bashing and God-bashing and military- and capitalism-bashing—the usual cowardly leftist conformism parading itself as ...
Hooray for Big Hollywood!
powerlineblog.com 1/7/2009 — Big Hollywood is the brainstorm of Andrew Breitbart. It is a group blog that is intended to provide a forum for heterodox voices talking about popular culture and encouragement to conservatives working in the Hollywood vineyards.
Andrew explains ...
OBAMA TO PICK ERIC HOLDER AS ATTORNEY GENERAL: REPORT - New York Post
nypost.com 11/18/2008 — ASSOCIATED PRESS Last updated: 3:54 pm November 18, 2008 Posted: 3:15 pm November 18, 2008 WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama's aides have privately asked senators whether Washington attorney Eric Holder would be confirmed as the next attorney ...
Obama picks Daschle as health secretary: CNN —
Reuters: Politics 11/19/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former U.S. Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle to be Health and Human Services secretary, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing sources close to Obama's transition team.
Northrop sees defense spending steady in near term —
Reuters: Politics 11/19/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Corp Chief Executive Ron Sugar on Wednesday said U.S. defense spending would likely remain steady for the next few years, but significant changes might occur in fiscal 2011 and 2012, depending on the priorities ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
