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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 06:02 AM
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Why did Charles Schumer recommend Michael Mukasey in the first place?
"Schumer -- a Democratic stalwart who had recommended Mukasey to the White House as a consensus candidate."

How did Schumer originally get the idea that Mukasey would be a better US Attorney General than other people Bush might have nominated?

Speculation welcome.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 06:14 AM
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1. Schumer knows Mukasey personally. They go back a ways
Schumer also suggested (to Bush) Mukasey for the Supreme Court back in 2003.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 06:21 AM
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3. How do they know each other personally?
Do they go to the same parties? Same gym?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 06:30 AM
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4. I believe legal work in the Southern District of NY
Mukasey was a judge there
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 06:15 AM
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2. Why speculate? Mukasey handled local cases from 1993
And no one accused the authorities of abuse.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 06:39 AM
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5. He's from NY and not a right-wing crank or Bush toadie. Just wrong on an imp. issue. nt
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deacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 06:48 AM
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6. Cronyism. And, this infuriates me too
Schumer, Feinstein ‘surprise’ thwarts efforts on Mukasey

The coordinated statements released late Friday afternoon by two Democratic senators that they would break ranks and support President Bush’s attorney general nominee largely muted opposition from a Democratic base that has become increasingly frustrated with Congress, activist leaders said Monday.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/schumer-feinstein-surprise-thwarts-efforts-on-mukasey-2007-11-06.html
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