The GOP's Grand New Strategy: Kill time (carpenter / Buzzflash)

THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter

... What in the hell were they thinking? and please excuse the casual abuse of that verb.

Sure, some Republican senators are up for a tough reelection fight in 2010 and therefore need to bare their chastened fangs for the benefit of the reactionary homefolk; and yes, undoubtedly the loyal opposition must routinely oppose. But it might be wiser -- or at minimum, saner -- to wait until the new administration is actually in place before they start opposing it.

In lieu of sanity or wisdom, however, they really shouldn't flaunt sheer amateurism, which was precisely the case when they held up Holder's appointment by demanding to know in advance just who the next attorney general would prosecute -- you know, for little things, like human torture and Fourth Amendment violations -- and who he wouldn't.

Oddly enough, the only thing that would actually disqualify Holder from another stint at Justice would be his acquiescence to such an improper and procedurally daft demand ...

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/carpenter/293