Eric Holder to Step Down as Attorney General : The Two-Way : NPR

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Backwoods_Sleuth Sep 25, 2014 8:21:42am

President to make the announcement at 4:30 pm ET.

Eclectic Cyborg Sep 25, 2014 8:22:53am

Oh great, now either the wingnuts will gloat endlessly about driving him off or scream bloody murder that he’s leaving because he’s trying to hide something about BENGHAZI!

HappyWarrior Sep 25, 2014 8:24:09am

Interested to see who Obama picks to replace him. I have no doubt that wingnuts in Congress and beyond wlil hate that person too.

Lumberhead Sep 25, 2014 8:25:29am

The confirmation process for his replacement will be a circus.

Dr. Matt Sep 25, 2014 8:25:46am

re: #2 Eclectic Cyborg

Oh great, now either the wingnuts will gloat endlessly about driving him off or scream bloody murder that he’s leaving because he’s trying to hide something about BENGHAZI!

He was the 4th longest serving AG. Let them gloat. At least Mr. Holder drove them nuts for nearly 6 years. Bravo.

Chez Ko Pe Sep 25, 2014 8:29:53am

re: #2 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m betting they’ll do both.

Ace-o-aces Sep 25, 2014 8:43:40am

AG has got to be the toughest job in Washington. In my life, I have never seen one, Republican or Democrat, who wasn’t constantly pilloried from all sides. To make it 6 years in that position is something of an accomplishment. I think Mr. Holder has earned a little downtime.

urbanmeemaw Sep 25, 2014 9:58:34am

It will be interesting to see if this has any impact on the DOJ investigations into shootings in Ferguson and Dayton. My fear is that without him these investigations will not produce an outcome that addresses the root cause problems.

CarolJ Sep 25, 2014 10:51:54am

Given the possible elongated circus to actually appoint and confirm a successor, he just might end up with 7 years in office.

Ferguson investigation will go on anyway under a deputy, and I suspect he’ll be in long enough to conclude that one too.

In any event, Holder’s 65 and probably ready to retire.

EiMitch Sep 25, 2014 2:57:59pm

I’m going to voice a dissenting opinion: I’m glad Holder is on his way out. Why? Because during all the corporate scandals, nobody went to jail over them. Nobody.

- Not the ones who wrecked the economy.

- Nor the ones who knowingly helped launder money for cartels and terrorists, going so far as to tell them how to circumvent the law.

- Nor the ones who knowingly let people die for years from a problem that could’ve been fixed for chump change.

Not a single one of them spent a night behind bars. Instead, their companies were fined amounts that seemed big to laymen like us, but was toilet paper compared to how much money they made.

And how many of these companies have since changed their ways?

- The investment firms that crashed our economy with unsustainable-glorified gambling practices are still at it.

- The banks who launder global blood money have a centuries old tradition of doing so, and show no signs of stopping anytime soon.

- And if you think changing out one executive at GM will make the rest of the board give a damn, then I’d like to sell you a bridge.

Why just these thinly veiled slaps on the wrist? Because Holder believes that it hurts the economy to fight the corruption that’s hurting the economy anyway. Because we have to avoid short-term harm at any cost, even if that cost is much worse long-term harm. Too-big-to-fail apparently means too-big-to-regulate to him. Ugh! Eric might as well be a climate change denier. Why not at this point?

This kind of myopic “pragmatism” has been my biggest complaint about the Obama administration. Granted, I don’t know who will replace Holder, so I have as-of-yet no basis to hope they’ll do any better. But I’ve had enough of the “devil I know.” Time for a change and good riddance.

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