via Leahy: Holder Will Be Confirmed, With GOP Support.
Eric Holder
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy etched a prediction in stone on Thursday when he declared that Attorney General nominee Eric Holder would not just be confirmed for the post, but would pass with wide Republican support.
“The bottom line is, Eric Holder is going to be confirmed and he will have an awful lot of Republican votes for that confirmation,” said the Vermont Democrat, whose committee will oversee Holder’s confirmation.
Leahy’s statement, delivered during a press conference touting support of Holder from various law enforcement agencies, comes as Republican opposition to the potential AG has grown louder and more united. In recent days the ranking Republican on Judiciary, Arlen Specter, has complained about not being consulted about the nomination and suggested that Holder would be nothing more than a “yes man” for Barack Obama.
Leahy dismissed these complaints as partisan drivel, spurred by longtime Democratic nemesis Karl Rove.
CAN YOU HEAR THEM SCREEEEEEEEEEAM??!!!!!
My words to Arlen Spector are this: live with it. Why on earth would the President of the United States feel that he was somehow obligated to ask Arlen Spector for anything? What arrogance!
This is where I start smiling; this is what it has been all about. Elections have consequences.
Twist the knife a little more for me, please, Mr. Leahy. So good.
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