...a sizeable resistance to a particular nominee, as 42 Democrats did in 2001 to President Bush's first attorney general, John Ashcroft. But Obama can ultimately take solace in the fact that a new president's Cabinet appointments are rarely held up in the Senate,...
... Political advisers said Republicans hoped to come near or to top the 42 votes opposing the 2001 nomination of John Ashcroft as attorney general, but Democrats predicted that the opposition to Mr. Holder would fall far short of that number. Some Republicans,...
...will leave the annals of presidential disrepute several times thicker than it found them. There's Iraq, the hospital visit to John Ashcroft, the US attorney firings. But historians will note that those are only the beginning of the Bush administration scandals....
...advisers suggesting that they hope the number of no votes cast against Mr. Holder might approach the 42 such votes cast against John Ashcroftâs nomination as attorney general eight years ago. Before Tuesday, Mr. Specter had been mildly skeptical of Mr. Holderâs...
...votes -- the Mosher family moved to Washington, D.C., Janice Mosher said. While working for Hall, Sol Mosher hired a young John Ashcroft -- former Missouri governor, U.S. senator and U.S. attorney general -- to work as an intern in Hall's office. "My dad selected...
...might allow someone to determine a studentâs identity. The October 2001 FOIA memorandum issued by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft set the tone of withholding information whenever possible. The memo encouraged federal agencies to withhold information if...
...Can Replace Armed Intervention" by Donald Rumsfeld â "Supporting The Wall Of Separation Between Church And State" by John Ashcroft â "Questioning Your Boss: Why Vigorous Dissent Is An Essential Management Tool" by David Addington â "Torture Is Always Wrong"...
...You like the cabinet Obama has assembled. Paul Amore: FACT. Perhaps "like" is too strong a word, but there's no noteworthy, John Ashcroft-style, "Ah, not him!" members, with the possible exception of Tom Daschle, and he's not in a major position as Ashcroft...
...game, Mr. President. That's why it wasn't played in Georgia." 6. Name Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General after John Ashcroft. In a brilliant move, President Bush found almost the only way possible to make people forget the tenure of John Ashcroft. Gonzales's...
...and disregard for the Constitution, he managed to leave office with both the left and the right hating him. The guy actually made John Ashcroft look like the administration's resident civil libertarian. Among other things, Mr. Gonzales said Tuesday that he...