Biden Considering Four for Attorney General

[DonViejo]

November 30, 2020 at 8:33 am EST By Taegan Goddard

NBC News has Joe Biden’s short list for Attorney General: Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Sen. Doug Jones, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.

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[SheltieLover]

1. Not Yates!

She is a repuke. Remember when we thought we could trust Muller?

She would also present a potential conflict of interest.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. You're wrong. She is a Democrat. Look at the last section of her Wikipedia page.

Her husband is also a Democrat and ran for office twice as a Democrat.

[Tanuki]

5. No she's not. She's a Democrat. Fwiw, so is her husband,

who ran (unsuccessfully) for Congress as a Democrat. She was appointed prosecutor by Obama.

[exboyfil]

7. Not Yates but for a different reason

Because she was fired by Trump. The AG has to be independent and above any sort of perceived bias. My personal favorite is Doug Jones.

[Xipe Totec]

20. I think Bill Barr eliminated perceived bias as an impediment to anything.

I want somebody with a bias for justice.

Sally Yates has a spine and that's been tested.

[OnDoutside]

40. The problem is that being a person of moral standing, she might actually stay away from it, in case

of a perception of conflict of interest.

[Xipe Totec]

41. First, she would not be in the list if she was not interested

Second, removing her because of appearances is rewarding Trump's outrageous vindictive behavior.

Every person punished by Trump for doing their job must be restored and indemnified.

[OnDoutside]

47. No problem on that for me, I just think it would probably be better to have someone not connected

when the inevitable shitshow happens.

[AkFemDem]

22. You must be thinking of someone else. She's a...

Bad ass heroine in this story!!

That said she wouldn’t be free to investigate Trump given their history, so I’m team Jones.

[Texin]

31. Although she was a W. Bush appointee, she is a Democrat.

[grantcart]

44. You can say that again

[Texin]

33. Although she was a W. Bush appointee, she is a Democrat.

[My Pet Orangutan]

2. Where's Atilla the Hun?

We need a proactive AG, with a lust for blood. (only halfway sarcastic)

[Renew Deal]

3. Would a thirst for blood be better?

[My Pet Orangutan]

11. I wanna serial killa !

[AZ8theist]

34. I'm with you..

I want someone who will prosecute all of these Repuke CRIMINALS with EXTREME PREJUDICE.
Anything less and soon in the future some other INTELLIGENT Fascist will complete the destruction of our democracy.

[Alpeduez21]

6. The push to be moderate and

conservative in its administration will hurt this Democratic victory. Repukes cannot be swayed by reason or thoughtful and fair treatment. When your enemy is trying to kill you don't put down your knife.

We need a much more aggressive AG. Repukes need to LOSE the understanding that cheating is OK. That voter suppression is OK. That white supremacy is OK. That violating civil rights is OK. They need to fear a Democratic administration not know that anything they do will be forgiven and they can continue to be assholes for the sake of power.

Very disappointing list.

[Luciferous]

8. Agreed

[DeminPennswoods]

14. You're disappointed with the candidate who

brought the 16th Street Baptist Church bombers to justice after they escaped it for decades?

[radius777]

36. Agree, Doug Jones will go after racial injustice and police brutality

and is perceived as moderate enough to be able to do so.

He's the perfect choice IMO, in that he has both the legal and political chops to be the AG, and is widely respected across party lines.

[lostnfound]

17. I thought so too. Too bad Eliot Spitzer screwed up. But Deval Patrick might be good

Doug Jones clearly has guts, even though he softpedals his voice. But we need forceful and also sprawling executive experience due to the scope of work.

Sally Yates might be great — she’s brave and clear about the criminality of what she witnessed — but again, maybe not forceful enough / dominant with strength of will. The whining from the right about her bias would be a plus but a GOP Senate would never confirm.

Harvard-educated, 64-year old Deval Patrick might be better than I thought at first. He worked at DOJ under Clinton, civil rights division, including overseeing arson investigations at black churches. His corporate knowledge as managing director at Bain is distasteful to those of us sick of corporate power in politics, but it might provide helpful soft power behind the scenes with Romney and corporate elites. Without clear democratic ownership of the senate, that may become important in confirmation and who knows what else. As governor, he obviously had experience overseeing complex bureaucracies with wide-ranging responsibilities. His polished manner makes it tempting to underestimate him.

[Hortensis]

23. Our system of FEDERAL laws is overall moderate liberal,

established by our founders and developed since by many decades of applied legal principles. Although that 6-3 hard-right SCOTUS majority was created to change that, it's not happened yet.

Not to blame Biden for that, though, or anything that's happened since 2016. HE didn't go around telling voters it wouldn't make any real difference who was elected if it was the Republican or Democratic candidate since there was little difference in the parties. And not to mistake the conservative laws of red states for the federal laws and principles our AG will be applying.

Those who fell for the blizzard of lies from both sides are the weaklings who brought us all down and are the ones to worry about.

Not people of conviction. Whoever our new AG will be is taking on a huge task, one not exactly for the faint hearted and wobbly minded.

[AkFemDem]

24. Oh stop. These are qualified, experienced...

Well vetted and respected candidates.

The word you are looking for isn’t “moderate” or “conservative” (those political descriptors don’t belong in a discussion about an attorney general- who should first and foremost be ABOVE politics!) The word is “reasoned” or “honorable”.

[Fiendish Thingy]

25. The descriptors I'm concerned about are "aggressive" or "weak"

We can’t have a weak AG like Holder-justice won’t be done and the country won’t survive.

We must have an aggressive AG.

[NurseJackie]

28. Good lord.

[pecosbob]

9. I believe that absent political interference prosecutors in the DoJ know how to do their jobs

Personally, I would like to see someone who's going to reform the DoJ...from the Bureau of Prisons to Customs and Border Protection along with Executive elimination of the Department of Homeland Security. The carceral state really kind of sucks, y'all.

[NewJeffCT]

10. It has to be Becerra or Patrick

he's already picked two white people for 2 of the 4 key cabinet roles - State with Blinken & Yellen for Treasury. Michelle Flournay is supposedly a favorite for Defense, and she's white as well.

[bdamomma]

38. Becerra could be considered

But this video was from a year ago.

[NewJeffCT]

49. If he's in the top 4

then he's being considered. I'm just saying that if Biden names all white people to his top 4 positions (State, Treasury, AG and Defense), then it will look bad.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Doug Jones would be my choice,

although he'd be great heading up DoJ's Civil Rights Division if he's not picked for AG.

[obamanut2012]

13. Yates for the pick

[tman]

15. Biden has no particular interest in holding trump or his people to account.

His pick will reflect that view.

[greenjar_01]

16. Jones or Yates would be my picks

Senate can't really say no to Jones. They would look silly saying no to Yates.

[Beaverhausen]

32. Me too but I really want it to be Doug Jones

[BumRushDaShow]

18. Joe Madison mentioned supporting Doug Jones on his show this morning

and Jones used to be a U.S. Attorney (for Northern Alabama I believe) so he definitely has DOJ experience and can add some balance in the Administration (in terms of geographic representation).

[JCMach1]

19. Jones, or Yates...

[Rice4VP]

21. I was rooting for Sally, but I get the point about her being

fired. Bacera is the best of these choices. Duval Patrick and Doug Jones are too soft.

Bacera has been a pit bull against the corrupt Trump admin

[Smackdown2019]

51. Jones too soft????

He went after the KKK in Alabama and won!

[RicROC]

26. Glenn Kirschner is still my #1 choice for AG

[bdamomma]

39. Yes I

was wondering about him.

All good picks for AG though.

[MadMike47]

27. I'm sure every one of them would follow the facts and apply the law wherever it takes them.

I'm very interested in who gets appointed to Inspector General positions in the various departments. They're the ones who will be rooting out the wrongdoing.

[WyLoochka]

29. Doug Jones would be my choice

He is a brave man. Took on the white supremacist murderers who burned down the church with children inside.

He is a decent, moral person, and very smart. We don't need someone outwardly frothing at the mouth. We do need an honest, courageous person who will apply the law and uphold the Constitution.

He has demonstrated these qualities his whole life - quietly. When he was in the Senate he didn't whine about Democratic Party positions or policies saying he had to support the policies of the Fundie RWNJs in Alabama, he voted for the
Democratic legislation with no complaints.

He's won and lost a Senate seat standing bravely for what is right. He's prosecuted people in his state who had majority cultural support but were murderers. He has the metal to be just what we need for AG.

[DeminPennswoods]

30. Well said

nt

[radius777]

37. That's what I love about Jones, he never sold out

and acted like a DINO even when it may've been in his career interest (being from a deep red state) to do so.

He's a loyal soldier for womens'/workers'/civil rights etc and would make a fine AG.

[SoFlaBro]

48. Jones for the win.

He would have the chops to pursue tRump to the ends of the Earth despite Biden saying he has no interest in prosecuting Orange Julius.

[Mr. Ected]

35. I had originally wanted either Yates or Preet Bharara

But since both of them were ousted by Trump, all we'd hear is that an investigation of Trump would be sour grapes or political persecution. Let's go get him with total newcomers and go for the jugular.

[Upthevibe]

42. Whoever it is.....

I want them to be an absolute Pit Bull! None of this "we need to heal (we do need to heal but that doesn't mean what it's meant in the past) so we need to forget and move forward!" We MUST absolutely go after these criminals with everything we have...

[Xolodno]

43. Doug Jones would put the KKK, Proud Boys, etc.

...on pause. He has a record of going after them.

[dlk]

45. Yates would be fantastic!

She’s the first choice of many of my friends, also.

[Dopers_Greed]

46. They all sounds like great choices to me

Especially after having William "Blob in a Suit" Barr in that position.

[cstanleytech]

50. I want someone that has a history of being willing to investigate politician's and prosecute them to

the fullest extent of the law.