This Is Who Could Replace Holder As Obama’s Next Attorney General, And You Won’t Like It

http://www.westernjournalism.com ^ | September 25, 2014 | Norvell Rose

[NKP_Vet]

With the news that Attorney General Eric Holder is resigning — planning to step down as soon as President Obama names a successor and moves him through Senate approval — the inevitable speculation begins. Who will be Obama’s pick to fill Holder’s very big shoes — and to provide the kind of political cover and policy support Obama and company will expect and demand?

One person who has been frequently been suggested is Deval Patrick, currently the Governor of Massachusetts.

Patrick, who – like Holder – is African-American, is retiring from the governorship after eight years in the job.

But there could be a slight hiccup with that choice: Massachusetts has a vacancy at lieutenant governor, so there isn’t a natural successor who could replace Patrick if he were picked and confirmed before he leaves office.

NBC News is also naming another top candidate…someone whose gender and sexual orientation could energize two big segments of the Democrat base the party desperately needs to turn out for the upcoming midterms.

If Obama decides to replace Holder with a career prosecutor, a top Democratic Hill aide tells NBC News that one possibility would be retiring U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan in Seattle, who has been described as the first openly gay U.S. attorney.

Breitbart News recently reported that the prosecutor behind the indictment of conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D-Souza could be in the running.

Preet Bharara, a former staff member to Senator Chuck Schumer, helped lead the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys by the Bush administration. As the U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York, he has received glowing press accounts from the media for cracking down on insider trading.

Another name in the speculative mix: Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. — identified by NPR as “the man behind the defense” of ObamaCare.

[NKP_Vet]

Hell with freeze over if Holder's replacement is not a black man or white woman, preferably a lesbian. But a black lesbian would be perfect. No law enforcement experience necessary.

[NoLibZone]

Remember it could have been far worse.

We must get on our knees every day thanking God, that Mitt didn’t win.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It's a given that whoever replaces Holder will be even worse.

pResident Obola has more flexibility now.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I know Bradley Manning is white, but he’s already proven he’s a traitor and he is transgendered. Oh, and he has military experience!!

[morphing libertarian]

Hispanic from one of the pro-illegal groups

[ripley]

“No law enforcement experience necessary.”

Well, heck. NO experience necessary, none at all.

IMHO

[SkyDancer]

Sharpton or Jackson.

[struggle]

Deval would be quite the pushover. He also wouldn’t pull the sh*t Holder did.

Deval’s being set up for the Presidency with Cory Booker as a backup.

[AU72]

Deval Patrick is a another Chicago South Side crony like Holder, Michelle, VJ, Ayers, Emmanuel, etc, etc.

[workerbee]

I said it on an earlier thread: Keith Ellison, rep from Minnesota. He’s black AND Muslim. Talk about a 2-fer, stick it in your eye choice for ObeyMe to make!

[tet68]

I know Bradley Manning is white, but he’s already proven he’s a traitor and he is transgendered.

He could be a lesbian too ya know...

[17th Miss Regt]

If Obama decides to replace Holder with a career prosecutor, a top Democratic Hill aide tells NBC News that one possibility would be retiring U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan in Seattle, who has been described as the first openly gay U.S. attorney.

Who cares? We already have a gay president.

Breitbart News recently reported that the prosecutor behind the indictment of conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza could be in the running.

She did not get the death penalty for him, which was the goal. FAIL, no sale!

Preet Bharara, a former staff member to Senator Chuck Schumer, helped lead the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys by the Bush administration.

But not a word about the firing of every U.S. attorney by Bill Clinton.

[Slyfox]

The Devil and Deval?

Oh, how cute! I can see the posting images now.

[KingLudd]

How about Bill Ayers? Instead of all this pussyfooting our way to complete chaos, we could get there immediately.

[morphing libertarian]

We already had a gay ag

[ronnie raygun]

The cesspool has many candidates you dont think it’s going to be some one we approve of do you?

[Dallas59]

Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, the 71st and current Governor of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney who chose not to run, and re-elected in 2010. He is the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts.

Born to and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and its Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. After graduating he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm, where he was named a partner at age 34. In 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed him as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct.

Under his governorship, he has overseen the implementation of the state's 2006 health care reform program which had been enacted under Mitt Romney, increased funding to education and life sciences, won a federal Race to the Top education grant, passed an overhaul of governance of the state transportation function, signing a law to create the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and increased the state sales tax from 5% to 6.25%. Under Patrick, Massachusetts joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the planned introduction of casinos in Massachusetts. His second term began on January 6, 2011, and in an interview with The Boston Globe, Patrick declared he will not seek re-election in 2014

[atc23]

Look at that pic! Zero is such a fag

[Cvengr]

I heard Al Sharpton has thrown his hat into the ring.

[Navy Patriot]

Louis Farrakhan would be perfect.