Here Are All the Rumored Potential Replacements for Eric Holder

[DonViejo]

By Ben Mathis-Lilley

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Preet Bharara, the Wall-Street-fightin' United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Jenny Durkan, who was the first openly gay U.S. attorney and is leaving her position in the Western District of Washington next week.
Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan, who's an adjunct professor of public policy at Berkeley.
Kamala Harris, California's attorney general, who is both the first woman, the first black person, and the first person with Indian ancestry to serve in that role.
Loretta Lynch, the United States attorney in Brooklyn, who prosecuted the Abner Louima police brutality case.
Janet Napolitano, the former head of Homeland Security, who's now the president of the University of California system.
Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts.
Kathryn Ruemmler, the former White House counsel, who is working in private practice.
Donald Verrilli Jr., the solicitor general.
Tony West, who just stepped down from his job as U.S. associate attorney general to work for Pepsico, and who happens to be married to Kamala Harris's sister Maya, who is a vice president at the Ford Foundation. Hell of a family!
Sheldon Whitehouse, a Senator from Rhode Island, who is a former prosecutor.
Jeter*

* A joke, obviously, since it's long been known that Obama considers Jeter to be more of a fit for the Supreme Court.

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/09/26/eric_holder_replacements_listing_the_candidates.html?

[bigwillq]

1. I hope it's Jeter. He brings heart, passion and hustle to his job.

[Renew Deal]

2. Obama should pick a lawyer, not an elected official

So no Granholm, Napolitano, Patrick, or Whitehouse.

Jeter would be great

[frazzled]

6. Granholm, Napolitano, Patrick, and Whitehouse are all lawyers

D'oh

Granholm ... earned a juris doctor degree at Harvard Law School, also with honors. At Harvard Law School, Granholm served as Editor-in-Chief for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, the leading progressive law journal in the United States.

She clerked for Judge Damon Keith, a Senior Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In 1990 she became an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. In 1994 she was appointed to the Wayne County Corporation Counsel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Granholm

Napolitano ... received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Virginia School of Law. After law school she served as a law clerk for Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then joined Schroeder's former firm, Lewis and Roca located in Phoenix.[11]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Napolitano

While in law school, Patrick was elected president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, where he first worked defending poor families in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Patrick graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor cum laude[9] in 1982. He proceeded to fail the State Bar of California exam twice but ended up passing the California bar on his third try.[10] Patrick then served as a law clerk to Judge Stephen Reinhardt on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for one year. In 1983, he joined the staff of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), where he worked on death penalty and voting rights cases.[8] While at LDF, he met Bill Clinton, the then Governor of Arkansas, when he sued Clinton in a voting case.[11] In 1986, he joined the Boston law firm of Hill & Barlow and was named partner in 1990, at the age of 34

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deval_Patrick


Whitehouse received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1982.

Whitehouse worked as a clerk for Judge Richard F. Neely of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from 1982 to 1983. He also worked in the Rhode Island Attorney General's office as a special assistant attorney general from 1985 to 1990, chief of the Regulatory Unit (which oversaw utilities) from 1988 to 1990, and also an assistant attorney general from 1989 to 1990.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Whitehouse

Jeter, it's true, is not a lawyer.

[Renew Deal]

13. I know

I was going to say "no politicians" but the lines are blurred. It would look bad if he picked one of them and I'm not convinced they'd be good anyway. Too many donations received.

[Sherman A1]

3. I would go with Jeter

seems reasonable to me.

[Thinkingabout]

4. Granholm would supply passion to the likes of Warren.

[madinmaryland]

5. NO to Jeter. He sold his soul and worked for Satan.

[kwassa]

17. Isn't this the plot to "Damn Yankees"?

[AngryAmish]

7. Whenever I hear Kamala Harris' name I think of wrestling.

[PeteSelman]

18. The Ugandan Giant.

[frazzled]

8. Oh no! They're all Republicans, as predicted!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5585890

[femmocrat]

9. Who is Jeter?

Please, not Whitehouse. We cannot lose any democrats in the Senate this year.

It might be Kamala Harris, though! Remember when he made a gaffe about her being the "best-looking" AG in the country?

[DonViejo]

11. Baseball player...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014903918

[femmocrat]

14. Thanks. Good choice!

After all, Arne Duncan is Obama's basketball buddy. Why not?

[sadoldgirl]

10. My dream would be

Eliot Spitzer. But then I need to dream every now and then

[Cleita]

12. I would be on board for Jennifer Granholm or Kamala Harris. eom

[Algernon Moncrieff]

15. Donald Verrilli Jr.is the name I've heard

I think, mostly, because he's already inside the administration, and would not invite a huge congressional fight.

The I-think-not group from the list:

Janet Napolitano: She basically just started at UC, and her confirmation will turn into a critique of her tenure at DHS.
Kamala Harris: I think the GOP will go after her hard over whatever excuse they can dream up. Not so much because they object to her for AG, but because they want to start planting seeds against her run for CA Governor.
Sheldon Whitehouse I'm against replacing Senators or Congrss Critters unless we're 100% certain they'll be replaced by someone of equal or greater quality.
Preet Bharara: I don't think we're fighting Wall Street just now. Maybe later.


...maybe

Jenny Durkan i could see this. It would presumably bolster the marriage equality argument, and by approving her quickly, the GOP could claim that they are not hostile towards gays.

Jennifer Granholm It gets her back in the policics game.

Tony West like you said...Hell of a family!

[Cha]

16. Hey Don.. I've read Kamala Harris has said she doesn't want the job so

if that's indeed true.. we can cross her off the list.

No matter who it is .. if they're not confirmed by the Senate we will still have AG Holder..

mata @mataharikrishna
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Holder will stay on the job through confirmation of the new AG. Brilliant. Welcome to your tight corner, GOP senators. ::smirk::

6:12 AM - 25 Sep 2014 28 Retweets 12 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/later-today-2/

And, the rwingers hate AG Holder and there's many who don't even know all that he's accomplished.. but, He will be missed(if the Senate confirms the next AG chosen by the President)..

HumanRightsCampaign ✔ @HRC
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Some AGs await history, others make history happen. AG Holder was LGBT community's RFK & we’re deeply grateful.-Chad Griffin @TheJusticeDept
5:10 AM - 25 Sep 2014 65 Retweets 49 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/rise-and-shine-912/

Federal Government Sues Companies Over Anti-Transgender Discrimination Claims

An historic first from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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WASHINGTON — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits Thursday against two companies accused of discriminating against transgender employees, the first time the federal government has brought suit under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect transgender workers.

The two complaints, filed in federal courts in Florida and Michigan, are the latest — and most ambitious — steps in a series of aggressive moves taken by the commission in the past several years to advance LGBT rights under existing laws

More~
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-government-sues-companies-over-anti-transgender-disc?utm_term=2lz4kze#3r557d0

Ryan J. Reilly ✔ @ryanjreilly
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Holder, per #DOJ official, has no immediate plans to step down and wants to focus on causes like #Ferguson during remaining days.
5:02 AM - 25 Sep 2014 287 Retweets 79 favorites

Culture of Truth @Bobblespeak

Eric Holder will leave as soon as Obama's choice to replace him is approved by the U.S. Senate.
In other words, he's not going anywhere.

4:51 AM - 25 Sep 2014 49 Retweets 16 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/rise-and-shine-912/

ThisMagicalEarth @MagicalEarth
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Due to AG Holder's efforts, federal prison population DROPS by roughly 4,800. 1st time in decades. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FEDERAL_PRISON_POPULATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT … #ProudofAGHolder
8:34 AM - 25 Sep 2014 28 Retweets 10 favorites

Nancy LeTourneau @Smartypants60
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To understand AG Holder’s legacy, you have to start with some awareness of just how much Dubya’s admin f*cked up DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
7:30 AM - 25 Sep 2014 74 Retweets 38 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/president-obama-speaks-at-the-u-n-meeting-on-ebola/


TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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President Obama to AG Holder: "In good times & in bad, you have been there for me. I am proud to call you my friend."
10:45 AM - 25 Sep 2014 164 Retweets 93 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/25/president-obama-announces-ag-holders-departure/



Ms. Net @NETRetired
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#Hannity 2 humble, awesome brilliant African-Americans who make USA proud: @BarackObama #POTUS & AG Holder! Dare u RT
12:55 PM - 25 Sep 2014 57 Retweets 25 favorites

[davidpdx]

19. My take:

My three preferences would be:

Preet Bharara
Jennifer Granholm
Donald Verrilli Jr.

No's
Kamala Harris-No, hoping she will run for for US Senate when one of the two current ones retire
Deval Patrick-No, sitting governor
Sheldon Whitehouse-No, sitting senator
Janet Napolitano-No, too much of a confirmation fight due to time at DHS

Don't know
Jenny Durkan
Loretta Lynch
Kathryn Ruemmler
Tony West