Report: ‘A real possibility’ that Nevada U.S. attorney fired by Bush might be hired back by Obama.
Report: ‘A real possibility’ that Nevada U.S. attorney fired by Bush might be hired back by Obama.
On Dec. 7, 2006, then-Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden, along with six other U.S. attorneys, was told by the Bush Justice Department to resign, which he did on Jan. 17, 2007. In March, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told reporters that he had recommended to the Obama White House that they should reappoint Bogden. In the Atlantic today, Murray Waas reports that there is “a real possibility” that the Justice Department will re-hire him:
A Justice Department official told me that the idea of hiring Bogden back is in fact a real possibility, and said that the White House counsel’s office has been quietly vetting his background in anticipation of his possible reappointment — not a difficult task, considering that he has been employed by the government for the majority of his adult life.
Bogden still “has no official explanation as to why he was fired, or even who made the decision.” “Most of us have gotten some sense, if not a good sense, as to why we were fired,” former New Mexico U.S. attorney David Iglesias told Waas. “But unlike the rest of us, Dan has never had that.” Bogden has previously said that when he was asked to resign, then-Associate Attorney General William Mercer told him that the firings were being carried out “so the Republican Party would have more future candidates for the federal bench and future political positions.”
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I wonder how long before we get the “Clinton fired lawyers, too” troll droppings?
April 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pmIf this does come to pass, watch the reichwingnuts go ape-shit.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pmWhen will Holder fire the USA’s who are Bush slugs like Alice Martin and Leura Canary who did Rove’s hatchet job on Don Siegleman in Alabama?
April 20th, 2009 at 1:48 pmIf this does come to pass, watch the reichwingnuts go ape-shit.
With pleasure; looking forward to watching their heads explode.
Let’s have a “Scanners” party & hire even more of the fired USAs back. How about Lam, Charlton, Cummins, McKay….
April 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pmHell. He was the (one of?) the first whistle-blowers. Make HIM Attorney General.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:55 pmYippee – luv watching the rightwingnuts heads explode.
April 20th, 2009 at 2:00 pmI’m trying to control my enthusiasm. It’s even better when more of the Bush Administration’s wrong doing is exposed.
Sorry, but no. Can we just not?
Even though this guy was unjustly fired, that hardly makes him an ideal candidate from a Democratic point of view. Though his Bush loyalty factor may be somewhat attenuated, remember that he was a Bush appointee in the first place. We have plenty enough Bush residue hanging around DC as it is.
April 20th, 2009 at 3:00 pmenough at 1:48 pm
Thanks for thinking of us down here.
April 20th, 2009 at 3:03 pmUncle Ho Says:
If this does come to pass, watch the reichwingnuts go ape-shit.
I’ll be very interested to see how they attempt to defend the grounds of the original firings.
April 20th, 2009 at 3:09 pmGgreat I hope he does get reappointed back to the bench.
April 20th, 2009 at 3:22 pmGood start — but they should offer to rehire all of the other state AGs who were fired as a result of this (if they are interested) political action by the Bushies. For sure, offer David Iglesias (think that’s his name) of AZ.
April 20th, 2009 at 4:30 pmAgain, no. Please.
Just because these folks weren’t utterly unprincipled enough for the Bush administration doesn’t mean that they are ideal candidates. There are plenty of capable, competent and progressive lawyers out there for whom a stint as U.S. Attorney would make a fine jumping off point towards a federal judge appointment. God knows, after the last eight years we need more progressive judges.
Let’s not devolve into wingnuttitude, where the most important thing is to piss the other side off regardless of how it might benefit or hurt ourselves.
Seriously.
April 21st, 2009 at 12:36 amSeriously. These people were UNJUSTLY fired. If you want to still pretend that our procedures for firing attorneys mean something, they HAVE to be rehired. If you’ve got some information that says they weren’t doing their jobs or were politicizing their jobs (and they were fired for NOT doing that btw) then we can talk.
Otherwise, you’re no better than Bush was.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:03 am