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The Age of Justice: Marc Rich's Pardon-Facilitator Now to be Nation's Attorney General
Ace of Spades HQ —
The Age of Justice: Marc Rich's Pardon-Facilitator Now to be Nation's Attorney General Eric Holder, pardon-facilitator for deep-pocketed felons: The only hesitancy about Holders selection was that he himself had reservations about going through a confirmation process that was likely to revive questions about his role in signing off on the controversial pardon of fugitive financier Marc 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 ...
Obama picks Eric Holder as attorney general
The Reaction —
... Newsweek's Michael Isikoff is reporting that "President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition." ...
Remainders: Should Kristol stay?
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... Chris Matthews allegedly bad mouths Hillary Clinton on a train somewhere between Philadelphia and Washington.
“Morning Joe” tops “American Morning.”
“Media malpractice” left voters uninformed.
Dean does the netroots media circuit.
Salon has a strange fixation with Michelle Obama.
Not long after Podesta vows “if you leak, you’re gone” Isikoff gets a big one.
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
The Hill's Blog Briefing Room —
... . Holder, a former lawyer in Bill Clinton's Justice Department and an adviser to Obama's presidential campaign, has accepted the offer to become attorney general, reports Newsweek , ...
The political news of the day.
Althouse —
1. Obama's Attorney General: Eric Holder -- "a centrist on most law enforcement issues, though he has sharply criticized the secrecy and the expansive views of executive power advanced by the Bush Justice Department." ...
Rumors Of Appointments
Obsidian Wings —
... by hilzoy
Today's rumors seem less speculative than most, so I'm going to break with normal practice and report them. First, the National Journal reports that Obama will make Peter Orszag to head up the Office of Management and Budget. Orszag is now at the Congressional Budget Office; I think he's very good.
Second, all sorts of places are reporting that Obama has decided to offer the job of Attorney General to Eric Holder, pending vetting. I don't know much about Holder, but I find this very encouraging -- not just for the position ...
Obama Names Eric Holder Attorney General-- Dick Cheney Indicted
DownWithTyranny! —
... As for Holder, let's wait and see. I don't know a lot about him other than that he was a Deputy Attorney General under Clinton and an Acting Attorney General when Bush took over and before the Senate choked back the vomit in its mouth and endorsed Ashcroft, but I do know that he'll be the nation's first African-American Attorney General, something I'm sure will agitate the dominant KKK wing of the Republican Party. Today's Time has ...
Best Qualified?
QandO —
Or a crony? And of course, he’s another Clinton re-tread who was acting AG and approved including the Marc Rich pardon at that time. As to the charges of cronyism: A partner at the D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling, Holder served as co-chief (along with Caroline Kennedy) of Obama’s vice-presidential selection process. He also actively campaigned for Obama throughout the year and grew personally close to the president-elect.There’s certainly no question he’s a Washington insider: After ...
Clinton’s (Coat) Holder
Jules Crittenden —
... For AG! Who won that primary anyway? Help me out, I’m losing count of the Clintonistas who will soon be running the country. Need a chart. Obama to name Clinton pardon rubberstamper as AG. Newsweek : President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition. Holder, who served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration, still has to undergo a formal ...
ThinkFast: November 19, 2008
Think Progress —
... According to two legal sources close to the presidential transition, President-elect Barack Obama “has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department.” ...
Media Outlets Say ACS Board Member Eric Holder Obama's Choice For AG
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... Newsweek reported that Holder “still has to undergo a formal ‘vetting’ review by the Obama transition team before the selection is final and is publicly announced ….” ...
Media Outlets Say Obama Taps ACS Board Member Eric Holder For AG
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... Newsweek reported that Holder “still has to undergo a formal ‘vetting’ review by the Obama transition team before the selection is final and is publicly announced ….” ...
11/19: This One Stings
Blogometer —
... at the stake. There was hardly a peep from the right over his heresy because nobody cared. The Democratic party and the left won a stunning victory in this election, and while they should be savoring it (and most are) a few are busy trying to settle old scores. It's pathetic, but it's also cause for some optimism: these people are a cancer on the Democratic party that even a landslide victory couldn't cure." HOLDER: Obama Strikes Out Again Conservative bloggers are blasting Obama's apparent decision to tap ex-Deputy AG Eric Holder as AG: Conservative bloggers are also upset ...
