Outside of the Republican Senate caucus, there's
uniform agreement: Mitch McConnell's treatment of attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch is a disgrace. That even extends to
Jeb Bush.
"I think that Presidents have the right to pick their team," Bush told a crowd of about 95 voters and a horde of media.
Bush said he had reservations about Lynch's positions on gun control, but said presidential nominees deserve swift consideration.
"The longer it takes to confirm her, the longer Eric Holder stays as Attorney General,” Bush added, sending a signal to Republicans to lift their opposition to Lynch was only elongating the tenure of someone they like even less. “Look at it that way.”
Of course, he had to get a nasty dig in there against Holder. He's a Republican and a Bush, so he's got a double dose of mean in him. But the principle remains the same: presidents have the right to pick their team. What McConnell is doing on this nomination deserves universal condemnation. Not that it will budge the old bastard. All he cares about is scorching as much earth as possible in the last two years of President Obama's term.