Jamie Gorelick for Attorney General? Don’t Even Think About It.
According to today’s New York Times, President-elect Obama is considering Jamie Gorelick, who was Clinton’s # 2 at the Justice Department, for Attorney General. This would be a huge mistake, particularly given her contribution to national insecurity and cover-up of same on the 9-11 commission. And there’s more—for what has to be the first time, I agree with Slate’s Timothy Noah, who provides “A guide to key appointments Obama should resist”:
Do not appoint Jamie Gorelick. It pains me to write this partly because I know and like Gorelick and mostly because by all accounts she performed brilliantly as deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration. But her subsequent hiring as vice chair at Fannie Mae, despite her lack of any background in finance, and most especially the $26.4 million she received in total compensation over a period of six years disqualify her for public office.