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The antagonism to President-elect Barack Obama’s nomination of Eric Holder to attorney general seems to be crumbling, despite Sen. Arlen Specter’s (R-Penn.) best efforts. Today, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, broke ranks with Senate Republicans and announced he will support Holder. Two former members of the President George W. [...]

The Washington Post reports that the Senate confirmation hearings for at least one member of President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet are expected to begin shortly after the new year.

Few would argue that, if the Newsweek report is true, Eric Holder is unqualified for the post of attorney general in the Obama administration. After all, Holder is a former Reagan-appointed judge, federal prosecutor, deputy attorney general under President Bill Clinton, and he even served as acting attorney general for a couple of weeks before [...]

Ever since Mike Isikoff went live with his apparent scoop that former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder is going to be Barack Obama’s attorney general, a number of liberal friends of mine have expressed concerns over email that he’s not liberal enough. And maybe — I really can’t say I know the first thing about [...]