Who Will Replace AG Gonzales?
EmailABC News’ Jan Crawford Greenburg Reports: With the impending departure of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the White House is now looking for a replacement who will pass a Senate confirmation – a candidate who is highly regarded by Republicans, and respected by Democrats.
Several names have provided grist for the rumor mill, including:
Judge Laurence Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Theodore Olson, former Solicitor General; Washington, D.C. lawyer
George Terwilliger, former U.S. attorney and Deputy Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush; Washington, D.C. lawyer
Larry Thompson, former U.S. attorney and Deputy Attorney General under President George W. Bush; currently general counsel of PepsiCo
Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Paul Clement, Solicitor General
William Barr, former attorney general under President George H.W. Bush; general counsel of Verizon
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Maybe now Bush will “get it”. People don’t want cronyism as the driving force in their government. He must change his mindset if he wants to leave any legacy other than that of stubborn incompetence. He should have listened more to Tony Snow and less to Karl Rove.
At least his Presidency will remove the Neocons from any future consideration as Presidential timber.
Posted by: Charles Greene | August 27, 2007, 11:31 pm 11:31 pm
Homer Simpson?
Posted by: Peter Duffy | August 28, 2007, 7:50 am 7:50 am
Man,that’s going to be a tough one. How does one replace a big crook like Gonzalez? I would think by now GWB’s stash of crooked cronies is getting mighty sparse. Unless he has an extra stash hidden away in Texas somewhere that he will import to do his dirty work. He certainly has a bunch of good old boy crooked buddies to draw from.
Posted by: Ron | August 29, 2007, 10:49 am 10:49 am
One wonders more about what has been hidden and kept under a series of rocks, than the retirements of so many “associates” like Alberto Gonzales. Yes, it is good that cronyism is reduced, but how is the truth going to be revealed? Where’s the leverage?
If Fitzgerald is appointed Attorney General, I’m going to start talking to myself. Seriously.
Posted by: Lowell L Hodges | August 30, 2007, 11:39 pm 11:39 pm