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Clearest Sign Yet the GOP Will Take the Senate: Eric Holder to Resign
redstate.com ^ | 9/25/14 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 09/25/2014 8:10:13 AM PDT by cotton1706

Eric Holder is going to resign his position as Attorney General

News is just coming across the wire. Holder has been Obama’s friend and companion for six years. He has relentlessly screwed up most everything he has touched. He has overseen a Department of Justice that has been complicit in killing American border patrol agents and covering up abusive government. In the vernacular of the kids these days, Eric Holder has loyally served as Barack Obama’s cockblocker.

And now he is resigning.

The only reason Eric Holder would do this now, before the mid-term elections, is if he was pretty sure he’d have to deal with a Republican Senate next year. A nomination and confirmation fight is just another area to be politicized before the 2014 mid-terms when the nation has turned against Barack Obama on a host of issues and Republicans are revving up attacks on both the IRS and Benghazi. It means a potential loss of control on another front when the Democrats are already on defense across the country. That instability does not happen unless the people in positions to control this decision see headwinds against them.

Eric Holder resigning is another sign the Democrats are worried about having to deal with a Republican Senate majority in January.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2014midterms; bhodoj; doj; elections; holder; obama
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To: cotton1706

Will Perez take over? If Obama doesn’t appoint another black to the position watch all the gloves come off!


21 posted on 09/25/2014 8:26:00 AM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: cotton1706

Please let this be true. I haven’t heard any news on this. Good riddance to this POS. We can deal with his crimes later.


22 posted on 09/25/2014 8:26:49 AM PDT by DrDude (Does anyone have a set of balls anymore?)
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To: kevkrom
I think the thinking here is that Obama wants to get Holder's replacement conformed before the GOP takes over the Senate . . .

That works for me as well. A bruising confirmation battle in a lameduck session means less time for other mischief such as amnesty.

23 posted on 09/25/2014 8:27:20 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Slyfox
After Holder retires he will spend his time fighting off his numerous lawsuits

I'm sure he already has a presidential pardon in his pocket. Or some sort of executive order freeing him from prosecution for the good of the country.

24 posted on 09/25/2014 8:27:55 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: flaglady47

Bump!


25 posted on 09/25/2014 8:28:24 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: chris37

You better spend some time contemplating.

I am not sure the GOP has ‘completely alienated its conservative base’.

Don’t believe the House is in play and some thought should be given to supreme court replacements.


26 posted on 09/25/2014 8:28:58 AM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: Jane Long

They will lose the WH though when they push another liberal retard Republican


27 posted on 09/25/2014 8:29:29 AM PDT by gwgn02
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To: WellyP

Just hope the Senate does not Rubber stamp the next Obama flunky or will Harry The Reid use the Nuclear option and the next AG will be a woman and Hispanic


28 posted on 09/25/2014 8:29:30 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
I’m thinking the GOP must be closer to prosecuting the POS than I thought.

Yeah, right.

29 posted on 09/25/2014 8:30:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: oldbrowser

But will a presidential pardon make him lawsuit-proof?


30 posted on 09/25/2014 8:30:27 AM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: cotton1706

Reading between the lines here: Eric Holder will not vacate the position UNTIL his successor is confirmed. There is an outside chance that the Senate will take up the confirmation process BEFORE the election in November, in a rump session, and almost certainly before the new Senate membership is seated in January.

Holder would be well advised to take an extended vacation outside the jurisdiction of US judicial system, as it seems unlikely he will totally avoid consequences should he remain on US soil.

Headwinds is the right term for what Holder faces, and that is not how you want to be turned toward while urinating.


31 posted on 09/25/2014 8:30:37 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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To: chris37

“I’m not sure at all how Holder resigning relates to how the electorate will vote in November.”

Another one of those “October Surprises!” The Half-Breed’s “friends” are deserting him.


32 posted on 09/25/2014 8:31:51 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: cotton1706

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- After AG Eric “of the Marc Rich pardon/bribery fame” Holder and Obama (even at the UN) illegally got involved with the Ferguson Missouri BS - (tainting the pre-trial PR and any jury) - we now have the Hanna/Virginia missing/abducted /murdered case with videos of a big black thug running off to Texas (now caught from tips) without one single word -

- Holder just said American law enforcement is rascist and corrupt and targets barracks - well the police unions have exploded and Holder is outta there without ever complying with the Fast & Furious Obama-Holder gun-running shemes subpoenas - drug cartels names are coming to the surface - connected to the “Invasion of the 60000 (plus) poor Hispanic Chilhuns”

- Obama is throwing Holder under the bus as new information has surfaced about his role in the pardoning of fugitive felon Marc Rich who ran to Switzerland to escape prisontime in the US for looting corporate pension funds - bribery and funds paid by the Clintons shows up just as an drunken and unhealthy Hillary is running once again for Empress of the Universe -

Law Enforcement nationwide plus the Border Patrol are hot and the November nationwide elections are coming on like a runaway freight train...

- Exit Dirty Eric - seen on Fox this morning involved in the “No Butts On The Ground” mess and iSUKZ - his future client -

- more to come soon -

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33 posted on 09/25/2014 8:34:15 AM PDT by devolve (- "When Obama puts on a USMC T-Shirt to play basketball he still shoots 90% airballs! -)
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To: Ray76

Who is going to do that? The next Obama appointee to AG? LOL! You crack me up.


34 posted on 09/25/2014 8:34:49 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: cotton1706

Who is the POS that Obama will want to take his place?

You know they will be a racist True Believer.

Are there any transsexual lawyers he can nominate?


35 posted on 09/25/2014 8:34:51 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: cotton1706

He can still be corralled when out of office and prosecuted for his dereliction and malfeasance . In fact it may even be easier.


36 posted on 09/25/2014 8:40:03 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: cotton1706
It don't mean squat. He will be replaced by someone that is as crooked or worse that he is. As far as prosecution goes; there is a higher chance hell will freeze over than he will be prosecuted.

I don't know why he resigned, but the prospect of the GOP taking the Senate is not it. I do believe that there is an ulterior motive.

37 posted on 09/25/2014 8:40:28 AM PDT by sport
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To: Renegade

Careful what you wish for. Obama will nominate somebody who is worse.


38 posted on 09/25/2014 8:42:02 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Blood of Tyrants

He can no longer use his office to shield him from Congressional investigations. He’s been found in Contempt and could be imprisoned to compel his cooperation with investigations such as Fast & Furious


39 posted on 09/25/2014 8:42:06 AM PDT by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
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To: RinaseaofDs
Congress probably has what they need to fry most of the IRS. Prosecuting them would take the AG. Now there isn’t an AG.

Someone will take over Holder's responsibilities even if he leaves before a replacement is confirmed. Prosecution needs the OFFICE of the attorney general, not the attorney general himself. IIRC, it is the solicitor general who does all the heavy lifting in the AG office and is the one who actually performs as an attorney.

40 posted on 09/25/2014 8:47:58 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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