List of Gonzales successors floated(McNulty may resign, too...check out the list of 6 GOP hacks)

[maddezmom]

List of Gonzales successors floated
White House offers names of replacements as backing for the attorney general fades -- even among Republicans.
By Ron Hutcheson and Greg Gordon - McClatchy Washington Bureau
Last Updated 12:24 am PDT Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A1

WASHINGTON -- The White House began floating the names of possible replacements for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday as the Justice Department released more internal documents related to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year.

One prominent Republican, who earlier had predicted that Gonzales would survive the controversy, said he expected both Gonzales and Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty to resign soon.

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The sands have been shifting pretty dramatically," one of the Republicans said. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid offending White House officials.

Possible replacements for Gonzales include Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox, White House anti-terrorism adviser Fran Fragos Townsend, former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson and former Solicitor General Theodore Olson. The Associated Press said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein and federal appeals Judge Laurence Silberman also are considered to be possible replacements.

more:http://www.sacbee.com/341/story/140802.html

[wake.up.america]

1. Ted Olson not a wise choice. In fact, nobody on the list is acceptable.

[opihimoimoi]

2. This is their A LIST????

[Ian David]

3. I would nominate Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift

Published on Monday, October 9, 2006 by the Associated Press
Paper: Detainee Lawyer Must Leave Navy


The Navy lawyer who led a successful Supreme Court challenge of the Bush administration's military tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay has been passed over for promotion and will have to leave the military, The Miami Herald reported Sunday.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1009-01.htm

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Chertoff, Olson and Silberman will be SHREDDED in the Senate...