Related: Letting Go of Holder
The announcement was obviously a political ploy to release the pressure on the Benghazi, the Fast and Furious gun-running to Mexican drug gangs, and IRS investigations to name three prominent examples, and remove them as campaign issues.
"Obama to delay nominating a new AG" by Nedra Pickler | Associated Press October 15, 2014
WASHINGTON — President Obama does not plan to announce his choice for attorney general before the November elections, shielding the nomination from the midterm election politics while setting up a potential year-end showdown with the lame duck Senate.
Which means the delay will be into the new year because after the Republicans take the Senate that nomination is not going through.
Senate Democrats have asked Obama to wait so controversy doesn’t arise over whether they will support a specific nominee, and the delay gives Obama more time to consider his options.
Politics and the public relations of imagery and illusion now govern this country, and that's a bad thing.
A White House official said Tuesday that the president has not yet decided who he wants to replace Eric Holder, a longtime friend who has led the Justice Department the entire six years Obama has been in office. Obama aides did not begin seriously considering candidates until Holder announced on Sept. 25 that he will resign when his replacement is confirmed.
‘‘I would anticipate that it will take a little bit of time for the work to be done to determine who the right person is for that important task,’’ said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. He called on the Senate to ‘‘act quickly and in bipartisan fashion to confirm’’ once the nomination is made.
The White House is preparing for the prospect of trying to push through a nominee in the year-end congressional session while Democrats still have a 10-seat majority in the Senate. Obama faces the likelihood of an even tougher challenge to win confirmation if he waits until the new Senate is seated next year, since Republicans are expected to pick up seats in the midterm.
No objections from them if he tries this move?
Some Senate Republicans have called on Obama to wait until the new Senate is seated in January to make the nomination. Republicans are promising close scrutiny of Obama’s nominee after waging a series of battles with Holder.
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the leading Republican on the Judiciary Committee that will hold hearings on the nominee, said Democrats are trying to ‘‘avoid making clear to the voters of their states where they stand on what could be a controversial choice for attorney general.’’
‘‘This timing shows, once again, that the president and Democrat Senate leaders are willing to play politics with important policy decisions,’’ Grassley said.
Well, your side does it, too, Chuck.
The lame duck timetable covers just seven legislative calendar weeks, not accounting time off for holiday recesses. But the White House has pointed out there is precedent for such a move. The day after the 2006 midterm, President George W. Bush nominated Robert Gates as secretary of defense and he was confirmed in less than a month with bipartisan support.
Great example!
Obama seems to be looking most closely at those who already have served in his administration. Top contenders include Solicitor General Don Verrilli, former White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler, and Labor Secretary Tom Perez, although those involved with the process say other candidates haven’t been ruled out.
I guess Preet is out of the running as they really shop Perez.
Verrilli is Obama’s Supreme Court lawyer who successfully defended his health care law from a constitutional challenge two years ago. Republicans already are signaling that Verrilli’s light experience on national security would be an issue they will raise at a time when the United States is battling a violent terrorist threat overseas.
Perez has a personal story that’s the tale of the American Dream, rising to the Cabinet from humble beginnings as a child of Dominican immigrants and one-time trash collector.
A dream that is now dead and nothing more than mythical propaganda for the masses.
In Obama’s first term, he led the Justice Department’s civil rights division and won praise from Democrats for aggressive enforcement of voting rights and other laws. But Perez also lacks foreign policy credentials and his nomination to Labor was divisive, with approval on a 54-46 party-line vote.
Ruemmler would bring broad experience and a close relationship with Obama after serving three years as his lead counsel and a member of his national security team. But she also would certainly face tough GOP inspection for her handling of White House controversies involving the IRS, Benghazi, and the investigation of a White House volunteer in a prostitution scandal.
What was that last one, and why no name?
Related: Obama Administration controls press-pool reports, determining what information journalists are allowed to share
Well, we already knew that.
And you wonder why I'm not really reading this shit anymore?
What sex procurement ring is being run for the White House, and what sick stuff is going on behind those walls?
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Also see: US sets new policy on ineffective lawyer claims
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Losing their grip.
