Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Steeling Me Away   [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

I like Michael Steele. But I can do without praise for Eric Holder.

"Nonetheless, Mr. Steele had praise for the people who have surfaced as Mr. Obama's first two likely Cabinet choices: former Clinton administration Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat. He called Mr. Holder, who was reported Tuesday to have been chosen for attorney general, "a good man ... a smart man." "I always found Eric Holder to be his own man, a principled individual, and he will, like Hillary, be a very good choice for the job he's being chosen to do," said Mr. Steele, speaking of reports that Mrs. Clinton will be named secretary of state."

"Some Republicans have raised questions about Mr. Steele's alliances. He acknowledges being on the board of the centrist, pro-choice Republican Leadership Council, along with former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and former Missouri Sen. John Danforth. In 2006 Mr. Steele, Mr. Danforth and Mrs. Whitman revived the RLC."

11/19 06:00 AMShare