Ashcroft

[topaz]

Headline in the Seattle Times: Ashcroft quits, says he made US safer.

For once I agree with the guy! His quitting is probably the safest thing that's happened to the country in quite some time.

Comments

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

Funny, that thought had crossed my mind too, or a librarian's version of it rather.

[docstrange.livejournal.com]

Well... Alberto Gonzales has been tapped as his replacement (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20041110/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bush_cabinet). That'll be one heck of a confirmation hearing.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw that. It won't be any more brutal than a Supreme Court confirmation hearing would have been, though (for either Gonzales or Ashcroft). And if we have to have Gonzales, I'd rather see him as AG than on the bench.

[sconstant.livejournal.com]

My money is on both: this time around he'll have less scrutiny (it's a political appointment and limited term) and then next time around it will be all about "haven't we been through this already and found him to be ok?"

S.