Not happy that Eric Holder is resigning.

[MoonRiver]

Guess the PUKES finally got to Obama.

[cali]

1. Holder reportedly wanted to resign at the end of the President's first term

but stayed on at the President's request. He's wanted to leave for a while.

[drray23]

2. still its bad timing

With ferguson and other similar cases going on now it would be good if he could finish that. He did say that he will stay on until the senate nominates another AG. The way the senate is going this could take a long time.

[merrily]

5. Voting rights, too, with midterms coming up.

[brooklynite]

15. Not leaving until a replacement is approved...

...which certainly won't be before the Election.

[merrily]

17. Yes, I know.

I also know where people's heads can be at after tendering a resignation.

[merrily]

3. You think Obama asked for his resignation?

I have not heard or seen that yet.

[elleng]

4. Nor am I,

but Holder's been saying this for some time.
B.S. to suggest this has anything to do with anyone 'getting to Obama.'

[merrily]

8. A DOJ source said Holder's been talking about it on and off for

some time. That does not mean it's true.

I don't think we know or will know what is true.

[Peacetrain]

6. We have been so lucky

and blessed to have him stay as long as he has....

[Gothmog]

7. Eric Holder rebuilt the voting and civil rights sections of the DOJ

The bushies destroyed these sections with hacks like that idiot Christian Adams (a person who was too stupid to be hired without bushies breaking the law). Now that Holder has reestablished these section, he deserves a rest

[LawDeeDah]

9. Apparently to some (even here), that voting and civil rights work he did, means he is spineless.

disgusting.

[cali]

13. I have never seen anyone here say anything of the sort.

[MoonRiver]

14. Nor have I.

[LawDeeDah]

20. I saw one today using that exact word, and others saying similar derogatory things.

If I link to it, it may be considered a callout and alertable.

[cali]

23. so im me.

was the word "spineless" used in the context of his civil rights work- which is what you claimed?

Because I'll use it too: Good as Holder was on some issues, particularly civil rights which was incredibly important in the wake of the gutting of voting rights, he was, yes, spineless when it came to Wall Street. In the face of blatant and clear criminality, he prosecuted exactly 0 times.

[LawDeeDah]

25. It was used generically, Holder is spineless... - edited

so that would indeed include all the work he did. Spineless people don't have backbones.

I am confident the Wall Street crimes will be addressed. These thing are done in the background -- I don't expect a daily report on how it's proceeding and warn the targets. I may be wrong, but so may you.

I think of Bin Laden, and how the President was after him practically the same day he took office, and 2 years later, nabbed. Meanwhile, there was some amount of mewling and whining that Obama just let Osama go, just like Bush, that Obama didn't care about Bin, just like Bush, that he was weak, spineless, all these words shared by repuglicans and democrats alike.

So I will wait and see what develops in the last days of this administration instead of pretending I know what is happening behind the scenes.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

27. Wall Streeters will never be prosecuted

They give too much money to both parties. The corporatists control the world, now. After all, we are going into another war for them.

[LawDeeDah]

28. Not all of them, that's for sure. And maybe none at the very top.

I don't know what will happen but something will.

I want them all tarred and feathered as they are robber barons, they are thieves in the night, but they are also very well protected and more powerful than the 3 branches of government so if things don't go the way I want, I won't be calling the ones who try the names, but the ones who are the criminals and the ones who outwardly support these criminals, like the Clintons do.

[trueblue2007]

18. holder is not spineless

[Gothmog]

32. The Civil rights and voting rights section had been gutted by the bushies

Political hacks had been illegally hired such as that idiot Christian Adams and these hacks were encouraged to leave. These sections are now active and doing their job.

That is a major accomplishment

[misterhighwasted]

10. Fine then. Ginsberg should retire & Eric Holder should take her place.

Eric Holder's resignation paves the way for his transition to the Supreme Court before the end of Obama' term.

That is my personal prediction.
Regardless of what Justice Ginsberg says.

thank you

[MoonRiver]

11. How awesome would that be!

[Stallion]

12. 6 Years in an Administration is Rare These Days

nm

[unblock]

26. lol! yeah, republicans would never dream of filibustering that one!

[LittleBlue]

16. Maybe he doesn't want to be the AG who closes the book on Trayvon

and Michael Brown.

[Romulox]

19. His legacy will be not prosecuting fraud from the financial collapse, nor war crimes

from the previous administration.

[PragmaticLiberal]

21. Or his legacy will be rebuilding the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ....

[Romulox]

22. No "or" about it. Whatever else he is remembered for, protecting the banksters will be first. nt

[1StrongBlackMan]

31. For you, maybe; but ...

certainly not for those that give a care for traditional Democratic stuff like equality and voter rights.

[cali]

24. it will be both his work on civil rights and his failure on Wall Street criminality

[kelliekat44]

30. the criminality aspect of Wall Street is not off the table. One win at a time. Will anyone give

him and Obama for what they actually HAVE DONE. Of course it will never be enough.

[Rex]

29. Not one single executive prosecuted for the crimes that lead to the 2008 meltdown.

When will Main Street stop being forced to pay for the corruption of Wall Street? When will billionaires be forced to 'sacrifice' for the greater good?