FEB 9 20101.What Should Obama Learn from Richard Shelby's Game of
"Alabama Hold 'Em"?
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1.What Should Obama Learn from Richard
Shelby's Game of "Alabama Hold 'Em"?
by Roger Shuler for Legal Schnauzer
....Consider the sensitive U.S. attorney position in the Middle District
of Alabama, site of the Don Siegelman prosecution. Joseph Van
Heest, a highly regarded attorney from Montgomery, was ready for
confirmation and could have been on the job months ago. But Shelby
apparently objected, and the Obama administration decided not to
fight for Van Heest's nomination.
That has caused George W. Bush appointee Leura Canary to remain
in place, more than a year into the Obama administration. At last
report, the White House was on the verge of nominating Montgomery
lawyer George Beck, whose firm has strong ties to Karl Rove and
Business Council of Alabama President Bill Canary. The possibility of
a Beck nomination has drawn heavy fire from Alabama progressives.
After dropping his blanket hold on Obama nominees, Shelby tried to
claim victory, stating that the tactic had accomplished his goal of
drawing White House attention to two federal projects that could bring
billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to Alabama.
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