Better Than FredoHigh praise from Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) for Attorney General Michael Mukasey:
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today accused the Bush administration of being overly obstinate on a range of controversial issues, expressing particular frustration at Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s unwillingness to compromise.“Mukasey is non-negotiable,” Specter said at a meeting with the Washington Post editorial board. “Mukasey is still wearing his robe.”…
Specter did give Mukasey faint praise by acknowledging that he was better than his predecessor as attorney general, Alberto Gonzales.
“He’s a big improvement,” Specter said. “It would be impossible not to be.”
“Judge Mukasey is a very learned guy,” Specter continued, “but he’s a very, very rigid guy. And he was rigid during the confirmation process. He was not easy to deal with when I had the job of shepherding [him] through the confirmation process. But I was for him and I’m still for him compared to either Gonzales or a vacancy.”