Good News: Holder To Explain Himself More

WE GET TO WATCH HOLDER FLAIL AWAY IN QUICK SAND

From the New York Times:

WASHINGTON — Last winter, when Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. called the United States a “nation of cowards” for avoiding frank conversations on race, President Obama mildly rebuked him in public.

Out of view, Mr. Obama’s aides did far more. Rahm Emanuel and Jim Messina, the White House chief and deputy chief of staff, proposed installing a minder alongside Mr. Holder to prevent further gaffes — someone with better “political antennae,” as one administration official put it.

When he heard of the proposal at a White House meeting, Mr. Holder fumed; soon after, he confronted his deputy, David W. Ogden, who knew of the plan but had not alerted his boss, according to several officials. Mr. Holder fought off the proposal, signaling that his job was about the law, not political messaging.

A year later, he is no longer so certain. His most important plan — to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described architect of the Sept. 11 attacks, in federal court in Manhattan — collapsed before it even began, after support from the public and local officials withered.

Now Mr. Holder has switched from resisting what he had considered encroachment by White House political officials to seeking their guidance. Two weeks ago, he met with advisers there to discuss how to unite against common foes. They agreed to allow Mr. Holder, who has not appeared on a Sunday talk show since entering office, to speak out more; he agreed to let them help hone his message.

The political attacks over terrorism cases were “starting to constrain my ability to function as attorney general,” he said in an interview last week. “I have to do a better job in explaining the decisions that I have made,” Mr. Holder also said, adding, “I have to be more forceful in advocating for why I believe these are trials that should be held on the civilian side.”

This is gonna be fun.

I don't believe for a second that Holder's decisions do not reflect Obama's will. This NYT article is an attempt at making the case that Holder makes decisions in an ethical Ivory Tower, removed from Obama.

Bullshit.

Obama defends Holder's opinions, perhaps more than he defends the stated opinions of any other single person in the White House.

Remember a few weeks back, Obama said something like, "I need to do a better job at explaining my policies to the American people"?

Well, now Obama has decided to include Holder in on that policy as well.

The more the Obama Administration explains, the deeper they are going to go into the political quick sand of their own making.