Obama will vote against Mukasey

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/obama_i_cannot_support_mukasey_for_ag.php

Obama: "I Cannot Support" Mukasey For AG
By Greg Sargent - October 29, 2007, 5:48PM
Barack Obama's campaign sends over the following statement:

"We urgently need an Attorney General who will check the vast and unconstrained executive powers that have been accumulated under the Bush-Cheney Administration. Judge Mukasey has failed to send a clear signal that he understands the legal and moral issues that are at stake for our country, and so I cannot support him.
"No nominee for Attorney General should need a second chance to oppose torture and the unnecessary violation of civil liberties. It's time to stop the political parsing and to close the legal loopholes. Waterboarding is torture, and so are other 'enhanced interrogation techniques' like 'head-slapping' and 'extreme temperatures.' It's time to reclaim our values and reaffirm our Constitution."


Earlier today Chris Dodd came out firmly against Mukasey, prompting us to ask what the other Dem Senators running for President would say about this. We now have Obama's answer. What will the third Senator say?

of them all and hope many more senators will be in agreement!

For all the fuzz he made about Hillary's misguided vote on Kyl-Lieberman, the point is that Obama was AWOL on that vote. Biden and Dodd were there, and they voted against it.

this is typical Hillary standard move

And don't give me a "post hoc ergo propter hoc" explanation because that's not proof...



DSB

I heard about Hillary's position first, but if you have proof that says otherwise you should share it with the rest of us.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/hillary_i_will_oppose_mukasey_confirmation_over_torture_comments.php
Hillary: I Will Oppose Mukasey Confirmation Over Torture Comments
By Greg Sargent - October 30, 2007, 1:23PM
It's official: Hillary says she will oppose the confirmation of Michael Mukasey. Here's the key quote from her statement, which was just sent over moments ago:

"When we leave any doubt about our nation’s policy on torture, we send a terrible message to the rest of the world. Judge Mukasey has been given ample opportunity – both at his confirmation hearings and in his subsequent submission to the Judiciary Committee – to clarify his answers and categorically oppose the unacceptable interrogation techniques employed by this Administration. His failure to do so leaves me no choice but to oppose his nomination."


Hillary's statement of opposition to Mukasey comes after Chris Dodd and Barack Obama announced their opposition yesterday and John Edwards announced his today. Her full statement after the jump.

We need an Attorney General who has the strength to challenge this Administration when it is wrong, who is committed to reestablishing the independence of the Department of Justice and to restoring respect for the Constitution and the rule of law. I am deeply troubled by Judge Mukasey’s continued unwillingness to clearly state his views on torture and unchecked Executive power.
The Attorney General is the chief defender of the rule of law in our country. After Alberto Gonzales's troubled tenure, we cannot send a signal that the next Attorney General in any way condones torture or believes that the President is unconstrained by law. When we leave any doubt about our nation’s policy on torture, we send a terrible message to the rest of the world. Judge Mukasey has been given ample opportunity – both at his confirmation hearings and in his subsequent submission to the Judiciary Committee – to clarify his answers and categorically oppose the unacceptable interrogation techniques employed by this Administration. His failure to do so leaves me no choice but to oppose his nomination.

We need to restore the nation’s confidence in the Department of Justice. The Department must once again defend our Constitution and the rule of law without regard to ideology and partisanship. And we need to protect the country from terrorism while also respecting Americans’ civil liberties.

I should have caught it myself. :freak:

Next you will say that the rooster crowing at the break of dawn makes the sun rise...

but that's OK

Dodd and Biden hammered her on it in a debate.