The Lede (NYT): Possible replacements for Gonzales

[pacalo]

The blog also speculates that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will be nominated to replace Mr. Gonzales. The potential nominee would appear to lack the support of the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, who has called on Mr. Chertoff to resign, The Carpetbagger notes.

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Republicans close to the White House continued to discuss potential replacements, including John Danforth, an Episcopal minister and former Republican senator from Missouri. “I think it is going to come down to who is willing to take the job,” said an official close to the process.

Among the names floated Monday by administration officials were Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and White House anti-terrorism coordinator Frances Townsend. Former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson is a White House prospect. So is former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, but sources were unsure whether he would want the job.

On Monday night, Republican officials said two other figures who are being seriously considered are Securities and Exchange Committee Chairman Chris Cox, who is former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and is popular with conservatives; and former Attorney General William P. Barr, who served under President George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and is now general counsel of Verizon Communications.

Edited to add link: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/

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1. You can bet it will be an empty suit....nt

[Bucky]

6. Neither of the last two AGs were empty suits

Sure, Gonzales was an empty head, sometimes, but both of Bush's AGs have been involved, proactive men who just so happened to hate the American way of life.

[Bitwit1234]

2. I think bush will appoint a "caretaker" which

would be someone not very strong on issues. So he can sail thru and keep quiet for the rest of bush's term. Gosh wouldn't it be nice if the end of his term was tomorrow.

[Felix Mala]

3. He's been down at the Brush Ranch a month, probably pick

the local gas station guy or the nice kid who sold him and Laura ice cream cones.

[Misskittycat]

4. Bill Barr was a law school classmate of mine. n/t

[Bucky]

5. What about "Dirty Harry" Callahan of SFPD?

Or what about Tomás de Torquemada?