Looks like George Dubya has found himself a new A.G., (Michael Mukasey) and interestingly, he has tentacles in Rudy Giuliani's campaign. Could that indicate that the White House sidling up to the former New York mayor, whom they had previously shunted aside after he tried to wrench his crimie friend Bernard Kerik into the job of Homeland Security director, embarassing the president (isn't he beyond embarassment at this point) in the process.
One wonders whether the nexus of Roger Ailes and Mr. Mukasey -- both advisors to Mr. Giuliani, will help brng more of the GOP base to heel. I would assume that Giuliani would be natural choice for Mr. Bush to throw his support, for what its worth, behind. Rudy will willingly invade every country in Arabia, he is as servile to the Likud as Joe Lieberman, and he gives Bush the chance to use the words "September the 11th" continually throughout the campaign.
On the other hand, sidling up to Rudy is an awkward look for the Bushes, since Rudy's abortion stance is still an issue for the Red Staters. And now, AP reports that some social conservatives are already developing a Mukasey allergy.
Mukasey ... issued the first ruling in the Jose Padilla case after 9/11. While he ruled that “President Bush did have the authority to hold Mr. Padilla as an enemy combatant without charging him for a crime,” he also “ruled that the government must allow Mr. Padilla to see his attorneys.”
That, is not a good look, and with the Senate Judiciary Committee already looking into Bush's seizure of near dictatorial power in the so-called "war on terror," I would think Mukasey's rulings in this regard would be a contentious issue at trial.
Related: I wonder if Orrin Hatch is getting drunk right now...
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