It came down to "confirmability"...

[Damocles]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5850.html

Bush plans to pick Mukasey for A.G.

By: Mike Allen
Sep 16, 2007 07:30 AM EST
Updated: September 17, 2007 10:32 AM EST


President Bush plans to choose Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge who was nominated to the bench by Ronald Reagan, to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Republicans close to the process told The Politico.

"It came down to confirmability," said a former Justice Department official involved in the conversations.

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.

more at link above...

 

[Cancel7]

I don't know anything about this guy, but it was good to see the Democrats finally say "Not going to happen my friend" and kill the Olson nomination before it was born.

 

[Cypress]

I don't know anything about this guy, but it was good to see the Democrats finally say "Not going to happen my friend" and kill the Olson nomination before it was born.

Concur. Olson was a political hack. Hopefully, this new guy isn't.

 

[Epicurus]

Hmmm Schumer likes Mukasey. Interesting.

 

[Battleborne]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5850.html

Bush plans to pick Mukasey for A.G.

By: Mike Allen
Sep 16, 2007 07:30 AM EST
Updated: September 17, 2007 10:32 AM EST


President Bush plans to choose Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge who was nominated to the bench by Ronald Reagan, to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Republicans close to the process told The Politico.

"It came down to confirmability," said a former Justice Department official involved in the conversations.

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.
more at link above...

Harry Reid is a idiot on his way down a slippery slope...he will not hold office the next election cycle...and yes I have told him this personally... what Harry says anymore!

 

[evince]

He was on the padilla case I think