Janet Napolitano should be AG for simple reason.

[Perky]

She is a former US Attorney.. She understands the DOJ Culture she would have immediate repoire with the demoralized staff. There is no one better suited to restore credibiity to that tarnished department bith externally or internally. It also lines her up to move over to SCOTUS at the first instance of on of the Republican appointees retiring or dying.

I nkw some want her to run against McCain..... But I am not sure McCain is going to want to run again.

[TransitJohn]

1. Wyo. Gov. Dave Freudenthal

Former US Attorney as well.

[Perky]

44. Nah we need to hav hin in this very red statehouse for as long as we can

I assume he is going to run against Barasso in two years.

[TransitJohn]

46. He's term-limited in 2 years

which would give him 2 years off before he could run against Barasso.

[blondeatlast]

2. AZ needs her badly--and here's why not for another reason (and I'm gonna get hit for this one)...

She was VERY cozy with the cretinous, vile Sheriff Joe Arpaio when she was our AG.

I still respect her work as governor here but I will NEVER forget her pal-ing around with Sheriff Joke and to see him in ads endorsing her still makes me cringe years later.

And above all, with our hideous legislature, AZ needs her desperately, Arpaio-shaped warts and all.

[Catshrink]

19. Not to mention, if she goes to DC, we're left with a RW as governor.

The SoS replaces her. Eeeewwwww!!!! Let her stay in Arizona another two years to serve out her term, then go to DC.

[blondeatlast]

25. Our own Katharine Harris--Jan Brewer. My head hurts just considering it. nt

[Catshrink]

37. Mine too.

Please Janet! Wait 2 years!!

[liberalla]

42. We just can't have Jan Brewer as Gov!

NOooo !!! :o

[grantcart]

48. In two years she could run against McCain

could she beat him?

[Catshrink]

49. Sure she could beat him...

Of course that depends on the state of the state at that point. I'd actually rather see her run against Vile Kyl. Mc* is old, Kyl is just well, vile.

[blondeatlast]

52. I think he'll retire. He spent his entire career questing for the presidency.

Eeven so, he isn't very well-liked even among conservatives here; he's just neve had any viable competition.

She is viable, she appeals to moderates and even outright conservatives and that would definitely be a targeted race by the DCCC.

If he doesn't run again--the field is ours to beat.

[hvn_nbr_2]

3. Interesting

I didn't know that she was a US Attorney. Actually, I barely know anything about her. I think I'm more interested in the pick for AG than anything else, and I don't have any strong candidates in mind.

[Perky]

4. US Attorney and former state AG

eminently qualified.

[az chela]

5. NO dont take Janet.She is the best governor we have ever had

Arizona needs her.

[Barack_America]

6. My top choice, hands down. Sorry, AZ.

[yodermon]

7. i still like fitz

and of course the president-elect listens closely to all my advice ;)

[kevinds13]

8. I like it and I don't...

She'd be good, but I want her to win McCain's Senate seat in 2010...whether he runs or not. :rofl:

[KakistocracyHater]

9. who was against the Patriot Act while a judge?

I'd prefer to find someone who had enough sense to know how idiotic that was. RFK Jr. would be great as head of the EPA. & I'd like Ron Paul as head of DHS.

[Ikonoklast]

13. Ron Paul at DHS? That's a joke, right?

Are you smoking burning rubber tires? Ron Paul is a LOON, and so is anyone that supports him for anything other than 'failed candidate'.

[KakistocracyHater]

35. I don't think so

I think he'd be good there. I also think Nader should head the FDA-that's his strength right, safety for consumers. Ron Paul was freedom-oriented, anti-PatriotAct, it would unite more behind Obama too.


Just did a quick research & Paul..."limited government and a respect for the inherent rights of every individual."-that is why I'd have him head DHS, he'd quit spending taxpayer money on silk plants & likely cut back & have some of those "spy rooms" removed. from here http://www.ronpaul.com/

He's against regulation which is foolish, his strength is domestic. "He also opposes the Patriot Act, the federal War on Drugs, No Child Left Behind, and gun regulation." from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul

I also think that each dept. should have TWO heads, with opposing views, each 'red-teaming' the other, seeing the weaknesses & filling them in.

[Ikonoklast]

36. Please educate yourself further as to the type of people he pals around with

Racists. Secessionists. Hate groups. Virulently anti-choice.

You can have him.

[KakistocracyHater]

50. duh! I just said I did

I read he's anit-birth control BUT he's anti-spying, DHS is NOT the Health Dept. Yes Faux crazies flocked to him somewhat BUT he doesn't like gov WASTE. Please note this fact because we arein desperate need of cost-saving measures that aren't the typical "cut public education, cut public health, cut disabled/vets funding, cut school lunches". I believe Paul would be a backstop to loyal Bushies spying on personal enemies/business rivals in DHS, which is all it has been doing since its inception.

[Lucky 13]

10. Do you find it odd...

that we could have a 2nd lesbian attorney general named Janet?

It's just kind of a weird coincidence. Not that I'm complaining!

[Perky]

11. She is Gay? ("Not that there is anything wrong with that")

I just had no idea. Are you sure?

[Lucky 13]

20. Oh I'm pretty sure on both counts.

There have been rumors around lesbian circles for years about both...

[DesertRat]

22. She has been quoted as saying she's not gay or straight

"I'm just unattractive." :)

[azmouse]

14. Janet says she is not a lesbian.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080111151700AAR85IO

[Sebastian Doyle]

15. Whether she actually is or is not, the right wing jokes would write themselves

because that WOULD be the spin.

But I'm far less concerned with what Limpdick and Hannity would do on the radio than I am with what the equally repulsive Jan Brewer would do to Arizona.

And for that reason, Janet shouldn't be the AG.

[blondeatlast]

16. If they don't do that here--they've tried with stealth tactics, believe me,

it won't work on a national level.

I hate the idea for several reasons as I say in this thread--but I can assure you that tactic has already been tried by a damn efficient machine and hasn't worked.

Plus, she's never said either way and likely never will. It's all specuulation.

[Unsane]

27. Ive been fond of Sheldon Whitehouse as a choice.

[liberalla]

40. YES! I forgot about him... He'd be excellent.

He really impressed me with his questioning in hearings on C-Span.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. I don't think there was ever any confirmation that Reno was a lesbian either.

I think the consensus was that she was pretty much asexual. Politics tends to breed those types, actually. You'd be surprised.

Not that it matters one bit, mind you.

[justiceischeap]

12. Patrick Fitzgerald -- It's Fitzmas!

That's who I want to see as Attorney General.

[Perky]

18. Why?

[justiceischeap]

24. He was the Special Prosecutor in US vs. I. Lewis Libby

Prior to coming to Chicago, Mr. Fitzgerald served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for 13 years. He served as Chief of the Organized Crime-Terrorism Unit, in addition to holding other supervisory positions during his tenure in that office.

In New York, Mr. Fitzgerald participated in the prosecution of United States v. Usama Bin Laden, et al., in which 23 defendants were charged with various offenses, including conspiracy to murder United States nationals overseas and the August 1998 bombings of the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Four defendants went on trial in January 2001 in New York and four months later a jury returned guilty verdicts against all four. The defendants were sentenced to life in prison.

Mr. Fitzgerald also participated in the trial of United States v. Omar Abdel Rahman, et al., a nine-month trial in 1995 of 12 defendants who participated in a seditious conspiracy that involved the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and a plot to bomb the United Nations, the FBI building in New York, and the Holland and Lincoln tunnels, as well as a conspiracy to assassinate President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. He also supervised the case of United States v. Ramzi Yousef, et al., the 1996 prosecution of three defendants who participated in a conspiracy in the Philippines in late 1994 and early 1995 to detonate bombs simultaneously on 12 American airliners. In 1993, Mr. Fitzgerald participated in the six-month trial of United States v. John Gambino, et al., the prosecution of a Gambino crime family capo and his crew for narcotics trafficking, murder, racketeering, jury tampering and other charges.

Among Mr. Fitzgerald's awards and honors are the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service in 1996, the Stimson Medal from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York in 1997 and the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service in 2002.

Mr. Fitzgerald, 44, is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. He joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan in 1988 after three years as a litigation associate at the New York law firm, Christy & Viener. He graduated from Amherst College, Phi Beta Kappa, with a bachelor's degree in economics and mathematics in 1982, and from Harvard Law School in 1985.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/aboutus/patrickjfitzgerald.html

He's a Prosecutor and knows about going after the "bad guys." He's used to dealing with the threat of terrorism and I think he would set a great example for the rest of the DOJ.

[liberalla]

41. I would also cheer this appointment.

He's got the temperament, and is a straight arrow.

I really don't want our Governor to leave us!

[Spider Jerusalem]

21. Should she? Napolitano is already polling ahead of John McCain in an early head-to-head...

for the 2010 AZ Senate race. She may very likely beat him, but probably NOT if she's not in Arizona but is instead in Washington. Long-term political calculus should play a role in the decision.

[blondeatlast]

26. Precisely--and she's smart enough to realize that. We need her here; without her, we get our very

own Katherine Harris as Gov--Jan Brewer.

She's doen a remarkable job of laying the groundwork for turning AZ blue. She wants McCain's job, there's little doubt. She'll do right by us and stay put. The republicans have no viable candidates for Senator and our demographics ahve changed a lot since McCain won in the '80s.

That seat is ours to take--Napolitano will not risk it (although Terry Goddard will oppose her in the primaries--it'll be a tough call for me!)

[blue_onyx]

23. I'm sure she would do a great job

I just hope Obama doesn't take too many serving Governors and Senators out of office to be in his administration.

[BeyondGeography]

28. She's one of the most impressive people in the Party, and she and O. get along great

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[Bjorn Against]

29. I am set on Henry Waxman as the best possible Attorney General choice.

Just imagine the rancid smell coming from the pants of all the corrupt Republicans if Obama chose him, he would be one of the toughest Attorney Generals ever.

[Unsane]

30. Catch-22: He plays a very important role in Congress.

[Bjorn Against]

31. He does, but not nearly as important as Attorney General.

[WinkyDink]

32. Okay. Here's the thing: NOBODY named "Janet" is getting this post!

[Perky]

43. sure there wou;d

we have 58 votes in the Senate and only need 51. Helll I can count at least 6 GOP Senators who would vote for her... Snowe, Collins,....Specter, Hatch , Voinovich, and I can assure you McCain would vote for if for mo other reason to preserve his options for running for the Seante again. Hell, this Senate would would get some one named Adolf confirmed if tbey were competant.

[NewJeffCT]

33. I think it will likely be Eric Holder

He was an assistant AG under Clinton, so also knows the DOJ culture.

Plus, I like the idea of an African American running the Justice Dept after 8 years of Ashcroft, Gonzo and Mukasey.

[Unsane]

34. I liked him until he started defending corporations who funnel money to Colombian death squads.

Anything for a buck I guess.

[dansolo]

38. If that is the criteria

We should pick Patrick Fitzgerald, who is a current U.S. Attorney. Keep Napolitano in AZ. I would rather see a non-partisan as Attorney General, so when they start going after the Bush criminals, it can't be dismissed as partisan payback.

[Unsane]

39. Fitzgerald would be painted as an extreme partisan, though, since he's already gone after them.

[NewJeffCT]

45. He was appointed to the US attorney position by Bush, though

was he not?

[whistler162]

47. Right track but what about....David Iglesias

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Iglesias_(attorney)

Naval reservist
former US Attorney
Hispanic


A Republican or maybe Independent now.

[liberalla]

51. Righteous karmic payback!

I like it. I wonder if he'd have any problem going after his former colleagues and fellow R's.