Michael B. Mukasey, attorney general, isn't that special that he is

[still_one]

legal advisor to presidential hopeful giuliani?

For that alone he should be rejected as attorney general, but will he?


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118993501487528809.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news


WASHINGTON -- President Bush has settled on Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and will announce his selection Monday, a source familiar with the president's decision said Sunday evening.

Mr. Mukasey, who has handled terrorist cases in the U.S. legal system for more than a decade, would become the nation's top law enforcement officer.

The 66-year-old New York native, who is a legal adviser to GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, would take charge of a Justice Department where morale is low following months of investigations into the ...

[skids]

1. Is this guy a "compromise list" type...

...or just shrub arrogantly trying to slide one by?

[cali]

3. Well, he was on the list of acceptable candidates Schumer

sent to bush, and Alliance for Justice, a liberal advocacy group, suggested him as a compromise candidate for the SC. To me the important thing is to get a commitment from him to appoint a Special Prosecutor and to have the U.S. Attny prosecute those who blow off Congressional Subpoenas.

[still_one]

4. I have a problem with someone working for a potential presidential candidate being AG

In my view there is definitely a conflict of interest

I think schumer is wrong

[cali]

7. I don't think it is a conflict of interest legally and

he's preferable to Clement. He is not a bush crony.

[OHdem10]

2. I heard a report, CNN I believe, that he is highly respected

by both Conservatives and Liberals in NY as a judge
who plays it fair, wise decisions and is considered
a person of integrity.

[still_one]

5. Right, just like fitzgerald, petraeous(sic), and all the other hype we hear about

Why didn't fitzgerald go after rove for perjury at the very least?

Why wasn't it made very public how petraeous said a couple of years ago how splendidly the Iraq mission was going

Funny but mukasey say no problem to hold padilla without being charged with anything, or having access to an attorney

When it is reported that both conservatives and liberals believe he is a person of integrity, I get worried. Wasn't always that way, but I have grown wiser in the past seven years

[annabanana]

6. At this stage, and from this idiot, I will be OK with someone who

will uphold the rule of law and respect the Constitution. (I will not sit still for a "loyal bushie")