“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.â€