Eric Holder as Attorney General

Eric Holder, as Dick Durbin indicates changes the world with three words: "Waterboarding is torture." Progressives certainly have some gripes with the way some of the administration has come together, etc., but it will be nice to know we no longer live in a world where the United States tortures people - legally. Holder holds his own with this fundamentalist fanatic, John Cornyn, Senator from Texas. He gives him the Jack Bauer scenario (how did this make it through to our venacular) and Holder towards the end kind of chuckles at him, respectfully of course.

Scorecard on the Mukasey Nomination

Just to add to Glory to the Union's post below, here is the current scorecard on the vote for Mukasey. Patrick Leahy has just announced his opposition to the nomination and could have derailed his confirmation for good. Let us hope.

Lieberman is (of course) for the Nomination of Mukasey

See at Talking Points Memo the chart on who plans to vote for Mukasey as A.G. and who is still undecided. In my mind doing the opposite of Senator Lieberman is a good measure of what one should do. But, here is the reason this neocon wannabe should not be confirmed. Waterboarding is Torture. Torture is unacceptable. Period. There are certain lines we should not cross and this is one of them.

Bush is saying now that if Mukasey is not confirmed, then there will be no Attorney General. Sounds good to me.

Is it too Early to be Worried About Gonzalez' Replacement?

A friend asked me this question in an email? You are damn right it is. This is the guy who they want to replace Gonzalez.

When a hack like Tim Russert takes you to task you really are incompetent.