Following the news and many opinions concerning Judge Mukasey and water-boarding, I came to the following conclusions:
1) We need an Attorney General
2) Judge Mukasey is likely to be a competent (if not an excellent) Attorney General
3) GWB will not put forth a “better” nominee than Judge Mukasey
4) The Senate should confirm Judge Mukasey so that he can clean-up the Justice Department after the mess made by Alberto Gonzales.
So I am pleased that Senators Schumer and Feinstein have declared their support so that Mukasey’s nomination will probably be approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and later the full Senate. Senators Schumer and Feinstein are currently taking a good bit of abuse on the Internet but I am proud of them and remember JFK’s book “Profiles in Courage.”