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I'll hold my applause until it actually happens, but I'll thank Obama for at least showing us a glass of water in the Saharan desert of potential appointees.
Wouldn't it be nice if she were appointed Attorney General instead - so that she could act on those convictions (and maybe get some?) retrospectively rather than prospectively?
If she had any chance of being confirmed as an AG if something should happen to the Holder nomination it would make it almost worth it to see Holder's nomination shot down. He has said some of the right things (and some of the wrong things) on occasion, but the articles she wrote evince passionate and deeply held beliefs and not the platitudes of the day.
Interesting that he finally threw the progessives a bone on what for most is (or at least was until recently) a relatively obscure position. Ah... if only the tea leaves would tell me if this is political calculation, our dumb luck, or grist for the "don't worry about the appointments, wait and see what he DOES" crowd!
