Joe Biden’s Attorney General
I have a few personal preferences for Attorney General, as do many of you. But off the top of my head I can think of at least a dozen people who would kick ass at the job. So as long as President Biden picks someone honest and fearless, I’m not going to complain. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
1) When someone’s name is leaked as being “in consideration” it usually means they’re not in consideration, and they’re leaking their own name to try to get into consideration.
2) When the media is kicking someone’s name around without a leak being involved, it doesn’t necessarily mean that person even wants the job. These are just guesses on the part of the media – and their guesses usually lean toward big names that people will click on for page views
3) The majority of Biden’s top picks thus far have been people whose names were not being leaked or kicked around by the media at all. We just had our “who the hell are Tony Blinken, Jake Sullivan and Avril Haines” moment. Attorney General could easily be another one of those.
4) Biden’s Attorney General is unique in that she or he will oversee the prosecution of Trump, his family, and his henchmen. It may be best for Biden to have an AG who’s seen as nonpolitical, as opposed to being an established Trump adversary.
5) Of all of Biden’s picks, Senate Republicans will probably fight him the hardest on Attorney General, because so many of them are criminally complicit themselves. So Biden may not pick his AG until after he sees whether we win the Georgia runoffs.
