| Today's Washington Post reports that New York Senator Chuck Schumer has sent President Bush a list of potential replacements for disgraced Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Several influential Democrats urged the White House to pick a consensus candidate to replace Gonzales, who announced on Monday his decision to resign after seven months of bitter confrontation with Congress. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), a prominent member of the Senate Judiciary Committee who was the first lawmaker to call for Gonzales's resignation early this year, said he was heartened by a courtesy call on Monday from White House counsel Fred F. Fielding. Schumer said he shared a list of potential candidates with the White House.
"We understand that we're not going to have the same ideological views as they do," Schumer said, referring to whomever is nominated by Bush. "But there are lots of people who would meet the requirements we have, which is to adhere to the rule of law above politics. . . . I think the majority of Democrats are interested in looking forward and solving things."
I can't imagine that the decider guy will give all that much credence to Schumer's picks, but I'm curious to know who the more lawyerly TAP readers might think is on that list. The one name I've heard more than any other is that of Michael Mukasey, the former chief judge for the Southern District of New York. |
