Top Pick For Gonzales Replacement Is Giuliani Backer

Politico:

White House officials signaled to influential conservatives this weekend that Michael B. Mukasey, a nominee of President Ronald Reagan who is the former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, is the likely choice to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, several Republicans close to the process told The Politico.

Democrats and liberals are expected to view the choice as conciliatory, the Republicans said. Conservatives had been rooting for former Solicitor General Theodore B. (Ted) Olson, but Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) vowed Wednesday to block his confirmation.

Mukasey, 66, worked under Rudolph Giuliani as a federal prosecutor in New York and is supporting the former mayor for president. Mukasey's son is a law partner with Giuliani.

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[kmccaskill]

Does Experience Matter? (Clinton and JFK didn't think so)

This Video Is Showing That Obama can be president because two fmr presidents were
where he is right now, history proves experience makes an either worse president( nixon, bush, vp dick cheney, defense sec.rumsfeld)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBy3AKn_2Fk

[Colmore]

Bush could care less. He wants to leave the biggest mess possible for the next president, so he won't look so bad. (Fat chance) He is looking forward to retiring , and giving speeches!!!. Maybe he should have perfected that while he was in office. He sucks at it, who would pay to listen to this creep?

[godlessclif]

Bush wants Rudy. Rudy can beat Hillary.

[Gary47]

one out of two ain't bad.

[Gary47]

I take from this that the repub party leaders have decided on rudy as the nominee.

[po]

Just goes to show you that judges aren't always the brightest of bulbs. If he backs 9/11 Rudy, then one must seriously question his hold on reality. Based on that alone, I say no.

[LastLiberalRepublican]

I assume that Judge Mukasey will have been pretty thoroughly fileted by HuffPo intelligentsia by the close of business Monday.

[Gary47]

Well the repubs would have been finished by noon, by hey, we're catching up.

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

Surely you didn't expect a thoughtful, well-informed, well rounded, bipartisan appointee???

Mediocrity surrounds itself with mediocrity for a reason - surrounding yourself with qualified, educated people only serves to highlight the mediocrity.

[Colmore]

OOps, me bad. That is Jules wife. Judy should take a really good look at this, she is where this wife used to be. What goes around, comes around, Judy. Someday, you will be replaced. Old habits are hard to break.

[Colmore]

OMG is that his wife, gazing adoringly at him ala Nancy Reagan? Is the little girl adopted, like Robert's kids? Where in the name of God do they find these throwbacks to the 50's?? Are there no no-nonsense, intelligent, modern people in the repub. party?

[Qbear]

Repigs are TERRIFIED if they don't put back a draconian fire breathing SOLID Bush syncophant in as AG....their WHOLE WEB OF LIES goes public.

[dadw5boys]

Great another well connected "C" average RICH KID.