powerlineblog.com - 1/13/2009
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Barack Obama has had his share of embarrassments over his presidential appointments. The selection of Bill Richardson and the failure to notify key Senators about the selection of Leon Panetta come to mind.
But it is the appointment of Eric Holder as Attorney General that seems to face the ...
thehill.com - 1/12/2009
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thehill.com —
The former Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee will support Eric Holder's nomination for attorney general,
giving him a major boost toward confirmation. Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah), who chaired the panel for a decade beginning in 1995, ...
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Sen. Hatch to back Eric Holder for AG
thinkprogress.org - 1/12/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
This morning, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) took to
right-wing talk radio to continue his politically-motivated crusade against
President-elect Obama’s Attorney General designate Eric Holder . Appearing on Bill Bennett’s Morning In America, ...
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Specter Knocks Leahy For Predicting Holder Confirmation ...
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Holding Back?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Paul Mirengoff raises some interesting questions on Eric Holder's nomination to be Attorney General. At issue: Why has Holder been, as Mirengoff puts it, "less than forthcoming" about his work for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in 2004? ...
The NRA throws in the towel on Holder
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... high-profile political campaigns in the past. If they don’t want to do so here, I’d credit that to strategy rather than cowardice — mistaken strategy, I think, but still a strategic decision. The NRA would be better off flexing its muscles here rather than keeping its powder dry. The Attorney General position can create a lot of problems for gun-rights advocates over the next four years. Will Holder get derailed? Hatch’s surprise endorsement makes the chances rather slim, but Paul Mirengoff still has serious questions about Holder’s honesty and/or competence: That ...
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