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Most of the money is on Chertoff to replace Gonzales, but the names of two Missourians have also been floated: Jim Talent and John Danforth.
They’re both long shots, of course, and picking someone as reasonable as Danforth would be completely out of character for Bush/Cheney. It would just be too sensible a move. Which reminds me of this Tom Tomorrow take on the neocons:
is needed. Only someone with the credibility of Danforth could start to work through the shambles that the DOJ has become to start to put it back in order and help to restore morale. I can’t believe, though, that Danforth would be appointed. It makes too much sense.
Danforth strikes me as someone the Democrats would not give a whole lot of trouble and would be counted on to be a straight-shooter.
I would be shocked of Bush nominated him.
My Danforth moment was when he opposed Americorps because people would be paid for volunteer. Mr. Heir-to-the-Purina-Fortune said that people should give from their heart. There is no class warfare in this country.