Larry Sabato on Michael Mukasey

The (NYC) Jewish Week:

“This is a smart decision by President Bush, and it avoids yet another vicious partisan battle with the Congress,” said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato.

“Granted, Mukasey is a conservative — a Republican president is not going to appoint a liberal as attorney general — but Mukasey is in the Edward Levi model from the Ford administration. He’s got a good chance to restore confidence in the Justice Department, not to mention morale inside Justice.”