Dont forget as well that the highly partisan Holder has already demonstrated, in contrast to his predecessors, that he does not feel himself bound to OLCs opinions if he finds it politically expedient to reject them, as he did to his own national embarrassment last year in a matter involving the unconstitutionality of a D.C. voting rights act bill. Already taking a beating for his actions on detainee prosecutions, racially selective enforcement of civil rights laws, bizarre support of illegal immigration and outrageous attacks on states that are seeking to fill the federal immigration enforcement void, and a host of other excesses, Holder simply cannot afford to lose his militant (albeit completely out-of-touch) base. After all, if he loses their backing, who other than perhaps Malik Zulu Shabazz and the New Black Panther Party is left to support him?
All of this helps explain his decision to blow off the House Judiciary Committee last week. Washington occasionally has instances of bipartisanship. But the mainstream media seems reluctant to report when it involves bipartisan criticism of the Obama Administration.
Needless to say, with Republicans slated to take over in six weeks, Eric Holders polite declination of invitations will no longer be an option.
