In that same conversation with Senate Judiciary chair Pat Leahy, we also asked about the bizarre jab recently thrown by Leahy’s Republican counterpart on the committee, Arlen Specter, who likened Attorney General nominee Eric Holder to Alberto Gonzales.
Leahy shook his head, almost amusedly, and said “a number of Republicans” have told him privately that “there’s no way we could vote against Eric Holder — there’s no way we could explain it.”
In other words, Specter’s apparent crusade against Holder may turn out to be a lonelier effort than it might appear.