Poll : Should Obama dump Holder as Attorney General after the election?

[Ichingcarpenter]

Hell, I almost would like John Edwards as Attorney General than Holder.
For that matter the Bush appointed FBI chief needs to go to.

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	Hell Yes
	17 (65%)
	No because ......
	9 (35%)
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[Bolo Boffin]

1. No because why? n/t

[FarPoint]

2. The focus now is on winning the election in November.

The Presidency as well as the Senate and House....get local and get busy.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Did I say right now? No.... Can't you look into the future ?

Geez.

[FarPoint]

9. I prefer to prioritize.

If we don't win the election the issue will be moot.

[lamp_shade]

4. I don't get it. Why should Obama dump Holder?

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. So you think he's doing a great job... I don't

this is an opinion poll.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

31. He's going after voter suppression at the right time in the swing states (starting with FL,

where suppression efforts are most blatant and the DOJ has the most power (from the 1965 Voting Rights preclearance provisions). Registration of crucial new voters will be able to go ahead as it did in 2008. Having won that battle, he can go after voter suppression in Virginia, NC, Pennsylvania, Ohio, etc.

What more do you want?

Have you boight into the ridiculous Fox "News" campaigns against Holder?

[Happydayz]

5. No, I like Holder

Why does he need to be dumped? I only hear rethugs wanting to see him get the boot. Most Democrats, like Holder.

[Scuba]

15. A) You're seeing Liberals asking to see him dumped on this thread. B) Please cite your source....

... for "most Democrats like Holder".

[DonCoquixote]

6. THE TEST WILL BE

If he puts the screws to Florida and other states that are trying to supress the vote, if he does, keep him, if not, trash him. I myself would have fired almost all of his cabinet back in 2010, but.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. That last part didn't work out so well for Jimmy Carter...

When he asked for the resignation of almost his entire cabinet.

That's all Obama would've needed back then, even more unfavorable comparisons to Carter.

[dmosh42]

10. Probably should, to see if it's his policy, or the administration's.(to be useless)

[BumRushDaShow]

11. What is with this sick obsession by some on DU

with Holder? It's gotten ridiculous.

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. I don't have a 'sick obsession' and I think

that should be edited without proof.

[SkyDaddy7]

17. I agree & have the same question...

WHY?

[GeorgeGist]

21. It may have something to do with Holder's sick obsession ...

with ignoring the War Crimes of Bush et al.

[Cali_Democrat]

27. Because the Justice Department needs to prosecute the banksters and war criminals

The banksters destroyed our economy and the lives of millions of Americans while the war criminals killed hundreds of thousands and spent trillions on pointless wars.

That's why.

[w4rma]

13. Replace Holder with someone who will focus on real crimes, asap. Yes. (nt)

[sendero]

14. He should.

... have never been appointed in the first place. What has he done?

[BlueIris]

16. Holder should have been dumped more than a year ago.

I can't explain how Holder still has a job at all.

[Bohunk68]

18. Remember,

Holder only does what his boss tells him to do. He is not an independent agent. It's all theater.

[dotymed]

19. Doesn't the Attorney General follow the orders of the President?

I thought he did. IMO, Holder has enforced the wrong laws and ignored the important ones. I thought that this was totally reflective of the priorities of our President.

[GeorgeGist]

22. Not when it involves obstruction of justice.

eg. The War Crimes of Bush et al.

[rateyes]

20. No...

He should dump him now!

[TheKentuckian]

23. With yesterday, last year, and never hiring being off the table that is a good compromise

[eomer]

24. Abstain. Obama should begin faithfully executing the laws, with or without replacement of Holder.

I don't care whether he does so by directing AG Holder to do it or by replacing him with someone else. We don't know from whom (the President or the AG) the hands-off, look forward policy originated but, since the President explained and justified it to the American people, he owns it and it's up to him to reverse it. My suspicion is that Holder is just doing what the President has directed him to (maybe in an indirect way... wink, nod... for plausible deniability purposes). If it works better to keep Holder and begin applying the law then that's fine. If they need some excuse to begin applying the law, like a new face, then that's fine too. They (meaning the President mainly) just need to start applying the law.

[TBF]

25. Why after the election?

I'd like to see him go now.

[Ichingcarpenter]

26. Confirmation hearings for the new one

Then Dennis Kucinich could be confirmed after the election

He needs the job and would kick ass

[TBF]

28. Now that I would like to see. nt

[Woody Woodpecker]

29. Holder kicked out in favor of pro-MMJ AG and will prosecute and ship the * administration to the

Hague.

The raids has to end.

And focused on the real criminals.

[bigtree]

30. how different do you really think another AG will be? This one is what the president wants

. . . represents his views effectively and accurately.

[randome]

32. This is another drug legalization thread in disguise.