Holder May Step Down: Napolitano is Replacement Speculation
 

From the You Can't Make This Stuff Up department.

Holder Announces He Might Not Stay On As Attorney General

Napolitano floated for attorney general

[H/T CBS and Washington Examiner.]

Bureaucracies are like the Titanic; you can change captains, but it takes a while to change the direction of the ship. I wonder if she can do more or less damage in that position. Probably less damage, so long as she leaves Holder's Civil Rights Division alone. halls, what do you think about Nappy running the DOJ? Can she destroy the Department in 4 years?

The more serious question is who would replace her as DHS Secretary. Frankly, Pistole is the one who needs the most replacing out of the bunch.

How about 4 days?

Is the writing not right thereon the wall? Pistole, after many years of leading the TSA in safe, terrorist free air travel is then rewarded with a promotion.

Like I said, Titanic.

I never thought of that; how scary. But I don't think he can get confirmed because TSA is a third rail. The administration might not care about citizens' rights, but it would be a political nightmere to appoint the granny-groper in chief. Won't happen. Can't happen.

Ah, famous last words in TS&S...

Mike

DOD Secretary Leon P will be going too.

Sadly, I must say I disagree about his prospects were he to be nominated. Pistole would not be destroyed by Senate confirmation hearing to the point of being derailed; instead it is well possible that he would basically get a pass into DHS Secretary position after a bit of a show for display purposes only.

Fortunately, I expect that FEMA director is more in line for DHS Secretary than Pistole. Unfortunately, that means I expect DHS to be around still.

Craig Fugate is a national treasure at FEMA and needs to stay there. If he were a political animal (which he is definitely not!), he would take advantage of the DHS vacancy and make the move to pull FEMA out of DHS.

Pissy is the wrong guy. The DHS focus is immigration. Obama might go after another unemployed border governor - Bill Richardson, perhaps. Of course, GW Bush also fits that demographic.

The good news is that any SES, including a political appointee such as Pissy, is subject to the 120-day rule. He can be gone 120 days after a new DHS secretary is sworn in. Let's hope Nappy's replacement was groped once too often by a clerk.

I would say something about "rats from a sinking ship" but I have too much respect for rats. :p

"By lunchtime on the first day" = 4 hours. :eek:

Yes, she have 72 hours notice. If she leave from her office.

Let's just say that If Napolitano is the alternative, DOJ employees might nail Mr. Holder's door shut while he's inside the office. ;)

We're already discussing who would a worse AG - Big Sis or Gonzales.

Fugate is too good to waste as Secretary DHS.

I'm hearing that former USCG Commandant Thad Allen is interested.

You left out Mukasey. I'd just say he was a bit smarter but no better on matters relevant to the liberties of the people, passengers or otherwise.

I am expecting the next AG to be at least as opposed to the security of passenger liberty and passenger privacy as any AG in our lifetime.

Simple,
Make the appointment during "recess" and skip the conformation part.

That could NEVER happen, could it?

GWB just called...."Nappy, you're doin' a heckuva job."