The next AG will be: (drum roll, please)

[cali]

I don't make predictions too often, but I feel this is pretty damn likely: MIchael Chertoff. Why? He's qualified. Sorry, but he is. Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law, clerked for William Brennan, was a Federal Prosecutor, a Federal Appeals Court Judge, and an Asst. U.S. Attorney General. Not to mention Secretary of Homeland Security. Chertoff is widely respected amoung Congressional dems (sorry, it's true). He was the only U.S Attorney retained by the Clinton administration when they took office, specifically at the request of Bill Bradley. He'd get confirmed.

The White House is NOT looking for a bruising battle over this appointment- one they know they have little chance of winning with a Judiciary Committee chaired by Pat Leahy.

That's why I have some confidence in this prediction.

[TahitiNut]

1. My (abomination) 'nomination': Ted Olson.

:scared:

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

2. Sounds plausible, but I don't think I could stand looking

at that walking cadaver. Eeek! (And I rarely comment on people's looks.)

[Cha]

37. Isn't he the head of homederfurherland

security? Responsible for helping Katrina victims? Or not?

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

40. Yes. I think he's the one who hired 'heck of a job, brownie' too,

but I could be mistaken.

He just has the eeriest look. Those deep, sunken eyes & that weird skin look.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Well, you've got ME convinced. (nt)

[Eric J in MN]

4. It would bring up the response to hurricane Katrina.

I'm not disagreeing, but if Michael Chertoff is the nominee, then the handling of Katrina will be discussed.

[cali]

11. You're right that would come up, but despite his

weak performance during Katrina, he'd get confirmed, and as I said, I really, really don't think bushco relishes a bruising confirmation process.

[lazer47]

28. As bad as I hate to

see it happen, he is probably the most qualified and he would be finally in his field of play, and he probably would make a good one,, bearing in mind he is a Repug, he has been like a fish out of water at Homeland Security,

[MadMaddie]

5. Yea...and he has done such a bangup job with the Homeland Security

we can count on him doing an even more fucked up job as Attorney General.:popcorn:

I agree with your prediction.

[eleny]

6. Besides, W finds him handy

[cali]

14. LOL! n/t

[Sydnie]

7. Fred Thompson

I am still holding out that they will pick the DA that comes into our homes week after week ... that the sheeple will confuse with the character he plays.

[dflprincess]

15. I wonder how they'd write him out of Law and Order

n/t

[Sydnie]

17. Judith Light could come in and replace him

He could lose an election ... that would be funny!

[LiberalFighter]

39. Just shoot the sob

[peekaloo]

26. Then let's nominate Denny Crane!

:rofl:

[Sydnie]

32. At least his scandals would involve some sex!

:rofl: It might get the public interested!

[IWantAChange]

Would love to hear Chertoff talk about Katrina to a Dem controlled panel.

[saltpoint]

8. Fred Fielding.

He's tainted enough to be Bush-appointed and vaguely competent enough to manage a crisis, more or less.

Dubya can always phone up Harriet Miers and fly her back to DC for her old job for the next several months.

[Bucky]

34. Good call. Fielding has always avoided the spotlight, but he may agree to bite the bullet here.

Fielding would sail thru as if he was Harry Reid's older brother, but honestly, it's all pretty random whenever the monkey picks a banana.

[WestHoustonDem]

9. Oh it's Olson. But would dubya pick anyone acceptable? n.t

[cali]

13. No, I don't think so.

Olsen would be just the kind of bruising confirmation hearing, the WH doesn't want. There's a lot of bad blood between dems and Olsen.

[WestHoustonDem]

18. I hope you're right, but they haven't been making politically smart

decisions lately

[NightWatcher]

10. My two cents...Fred Thompson

per Wiki...
Thompson was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1967 and commenced the practice of law, serving as an assistant U.S. attorney from 1969–1972. He was responsible for Baker's asking one of the questions that is said to have led directly to the downfall of President Richard Nixon—"What did the President know, and when did he know it?" Also, Thompson's voice has become immortalized in recordings of the Watergate proceedings, asking the key question, "Mr. Butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the Oval Office of the President?"
In 1977, Thompson took on a Tennessee Parole Board case that ultimately toppled Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton from power on charges of selling pardons.

[IChing]

12. Harriet Miers or

Or John Mitchell

[Justice Is Comin]

16. I don't think any of these people thrown out so far

will be.

Our Dems are going to make this living hell. Names will be suggested from every quarter. It may be somebody we hardly know right now.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. I did not know that about Chertoff and Clinton

I find it very interesting and unusual.

[Recursion]

20. I pick Bork

If Gonzo does go, I seriously think * will be pissed enough to do that.

[saltpoint]

22. O dear god let's hope not. What an arrogant monster Bork is.

[cali]

24. He couldn't get him through the dem controlled Senate

Judiciary Committee onto the floor. And he knows that. Besides, Bork is over 80. Never, ever gonna happen.

[NoPasaran]

38. And Bork called Miers "a disaster"

Doesn't he have some cushy job at some conservative thinktank? I doubt he'd give it up to climb on board the sinking SS Bush Administration.

[Art_from_Ark]

42. Bork was also Nixon's henchman in the Cox affair

After Nixon's AG and assistant AG both resigned rather follow Nixon's order to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, Nixon got Bork to do his dirty work.

[Recursion]

21. Self-delete

Sometimes I hate this mouse...

[Oilwellian]

23. One thing is for sure....

it will be someone with a criminal background. You can't work for the Bush crime family unless you're corrupt.

[saltpoint]

25. Toby Keith.

[Lint Head]

29. Fred Thompson

He likes his women young and his Jack Daniels straight.
:dem:

[saltpoint]

30. His women straight and his Jack Daniels young? Something like that.

Fred Thompson's a possibility, but if he's gearing up for a White House run, I predict he wouldn't take the job at Justice.

It would bog him down in all ways, and might tarnish his image. You can't ride in on a white horse if you're cleaning manure off the walls at the DoJ.

[emulatorloo]

27. Also on the short list -- Victoria Toensing

for her service during Monicamania and continued obfuscation in the service of the Bush White House in Plamegate

[karlrschneider]

31. Maybe...but why not his brother? There's precedent...

:eyes:

[Bucky]

33. Chertoff isn't going to willingly face a Leahy screening if he can avoid it.

He'd probably be the best among Bush's desireable picks, but I can't see him giving up his current post just to save Bush's ass. If Chertoff has half a brain, he'll be looking out for number one, not carrying water for the monkey in chief.

[Atman]

35. Joe Lieberman!

Actually, Joe can have any job he wants with BushCo, so he probably wouldn't settle for a mere AG position. Joe's the "trophy wife" kinda guy.

.

[depakid]

36. That's very rational analysis

It makes complete sense- which is why I'm equally confident Bush Co. won't do it!

In addition, the Dems have rolled over so often on egregious nominees and legislation that there's little reason to think they won't act that way again.

[cali]

49. LOL! If you think Pat Leahy, Ted Kennedy, Charles Schumer

and other dems on the Senate JC are going to roll over when they're in the driver's seat, well, it's just not a remote possibility.

[saltpoint]

41. John Dean. Of course Bush would never name John Dean, but Dean would

sail through unanimous confirmation in the Senate and instantaneously restore credibility to the DoJ.

The people would profit from such an appointment, which is why BushCo would never consider it.

[JetCityLiberal]

43. What is your gender, cali?

it is undeclared in ypour profile.

Why?

Are you ashamed of your gender?

[Behind the Aegis]

46. Why does it matter?

How is it germane to the thread? Why assume there is shame involved because gender is not listed (something common on DU)?

[TankLV]

44. Ed Meese? Duke Cunningham? Tom Delay? Ollie North? The guy from the "Love Boat?" Newtie?

Trying to think of the most absurd people - I bet I'm close to the mark...

[Decruiter]

45. Teddie O. Bush and the gang truly love to challenge us every damned time!

BASTARDS!

I truly get ever so tired of the BS. OBSW. Ooga, booga, smooga, wooga. Best ever from the DU team.

[Hubert Flottz]

47. Carol Lam

Or Fitz...we need to hold the Senate's feet to the fire and demand better that what we've gotten so far!

[radfringe]

48. rearranging the deck chairs.....again? Chertoff - Townsend

According to CBS News partner Politico.com, the candidates being considered by administration officials to replace Gonzales include Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and White House anti-terrorism coordinator Frances Townsend.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/19/politics/main2583397.shtml