Sheldon Whitehouse for Attorney General!!

[Muttocracy]

Can Rhode Island spare him?

Listening to a clip from judiciary oversight hearing and he did some great verbal smackdown.

[EFerrari]

1. He's very sharp and a great speaker, isn't he?

:thumbsup:

[Muttocracy]

2. he kicks butt on judiciary and environment committees!

[NanceGreggs]

3. Whitehouse is a Republican.

I know this from a reliable source: FOX-News.

On election night in '06, as the talking heads were discussing the unsubstantiated 'rumor' that Republicans were losing their seats to Dems, they flashed a shot of the R.I. results.

Whitehouse was ahead of his opponent - so they just switched the (R) and the (D) after their names and voila!, the GOP was obviously doing just fine!

(I wonder if they're going to put an (R) after Obama's name for the next eight years?)

[EFerrari]

4. I'm surprised they haven't done it YET.

[NanceGreggs]

8. You're right, it IS surprising.

"Republican presidential hopeful Barack Obama spoke to a crowd estimated to be over 200,000 strong in Berlin today, while Democrat "Crabby" McCain was greeted by eleven curious onlookers outside a Sausage 'n' Fudge eatery."

Hey, it's not like their brain-dead audience would ever notice the switch.

[ColbertWatcher]

15. There are some who already say McCombover's "too liberal". n/t

[Muttocracy]

5. You gave me quite a start there! nt

[NanceGreggs]

9. I'm pretty sure one our fellow DUers posted a screen cap ...

... of it here on election night. I always wish I'd bookmarked it and saved it!

[babylonsister]

6. RI? How about Reed? nt

[Muttocracy]

7. and kudos to him in his verbal sparring with Coburn

(C. whining about getting to the hearing before Whitehouse when he didn't!)

[gateley]

10. Okay - I trust your judgment. But I still like the idea of Jonathan Turley. nt

[Muttocracy]

11. oh, he'd be fine too - hell, we need about 10 AGs to clean up this mess

I was just feeling enthusiastic about Whitehouse and the moment and felt the need to share. Sadly, my dogs were not interested :shrug:

[gateley]

12. I'll have to watch - I have no idea who he is.

EDIT: Your dogs are too smart to get caught up in all the politics. Nero, my cat and love of my life, is the same.

[Captain Hilts]

13. We need Whitehouse and Reed in the senate! nt

[MonkeyFunk]

14. no

let's not poach the Senate for the cabinet.

[chemp]

16. As a Rhode Islander I say FUCK NO!

I dealt with his headline grabbing bullshit here in the biggest little. He got his name screwing up a cop shooting prosecution. He was more interested in getting his name in the papers than getting anything done in the case.
He never would have beaten Chafee if there wasn't a nation wide revolt against the repubs.
He would be worse than Ashcroft et al.

[Muttocracy]

17. Oh dear, didn't know that. Fortunately Obama will have many choices. nt