US News' Washington Whispers column tends to be about as reliable as a Magic 8 ball. But since yesterday I was encouraging people to think who would fill the top slots at State and the DOD in 2005 I feel I should pass along their picks for likely nominees at Justice. If Bush wins, they see former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson or Bush-Cheney '04 Chairman Marc Racicot taking over as Attorney General. Personally, I think either one would be a vast improvement over John Ashcroft. Their names for a Kerry administration - New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid or Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker. I'm not sure what to think of the idea of Madrid as Attorney General given her long-standing feud with that state's top Democrat (meaning no offense to Jeff Bingaman), Governor Bill Richardson.
Posted by armand at October 18, 2004 09:37 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics