Another Obama Nominee Out: Cohen Withdraws From Treasury

[Dos Equis]

Another Obama Nominee Out: Cohen Withdraws From Treasury

Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:43 PM

WASHINGTON -- Prominent Wall Street lawyer H. Rodgin Cohen has withdrawn from consideration to become deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary, a Democratic source said on Thursday, dealing another setback to the department's efforts fill critical positions.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said vetting issues came up in the final stages of considering Cohen for the job.

Cohen, a partner at New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, has counseled nearly every major Wall Street financial institution during his career on mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters and bank rescues and failures.
 
http://www.newsmax.com/politics/cohen_withdraws_treasury/2009/03/12/191348.html

[Soul Crusher]

Another Obama Nominee Out: Cohen Withdraws From Treasury

Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:43 PM

WASHINGTON -- Prominent Wall Street lawyer H. Rodgin Cohen has withdrawn from consideration to become deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary, a Democratic source said on Thursday, dealing another setback to the department's efforts fill critical positions.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said vetting issues came up in the final stages of considering Cohen for the job.

Cohen, a partner at New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, has counseled nearly every major Wall Street financial institution during his career on mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters and bank rescues and failures.
 
http://www.newsmax.com/politics/cohen_withdraws_treasury/2009/03/12/191348.html

Wait, another Palin thread is being posted.

[Dos Equis]

lol.   

[Straw Man]

looks like more evidence that Obama is sticking to his standards and not making exceptions.  something he should have been doing all along.  If he had done so earlier I doubt Geitner would be there

[240 is Back]

Wait, another Palin thread is being posted.

hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Dan-O]

looks like more evidence that Obama is sticking to his standards and not making exceptions.  something he should have been doing all along.  If he had done so earlier I doubt Geitner would be there

LOL.  Or is it possibly more evidence that Obama's hard-pressed to find a single friend/colleague of his who isn't as crooked as a dog's hind leg?  You can judge a man by the company he keeps.

"Vetting issues."  Yeah right.  LOL again.

[SAMSON123]

LOL.  Or is it possibly more evidence that Obama's hard-pressed to find a single friend/colleague of his who isn't as crooked as a dog's hind leg?  You can judge a man by the company he keeps.

"Vetting issues."  Yeah right.  LOL again.

These people being chosen are not friends or colleagues of Obama...they are the remains of the Bush/Clinton administration being re-hashed again. Politicians never go away...they just change positions.

[Soul Crusher]

These people being chosen are not friends or colleagues of Obama...they are the remains of the Bush/Clinton administration being re-hashed again. Politicians never go away...they just change positions.

Not this guy.

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Media Forgets Obama's Nominee to Justice Dept. Was a Terrorist's Lawyer
By Warner Todd Huston (Bio | Archive)
March 13, 2009 - 02:05 ET

On March 9, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on one of Barack Obama's latest nominees. This time it was to assess the suitability of Tony West, Obama's nominee for the assistant attorney general in charge of the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Division. Things went "smoothly" according to the San Jose Mercury News, also publishing a nice bio of West. The Washington Post merely mentioned the hearing was "notable." Similarly the East Bay Express simply makes mention of the hearing having occurred. Apparently there was nothing of interest in West’s nomination.

Curiously enough, though, not one of these brief reports mention that Tony West was "American Taliban" terrorist John Walker Lindh's defense lawyer. Another key bit of info left out of these announcements was that Tony West raised $65 million for Obama's presidential campaign. Money well spent if it gets a cushy government job, I suppose.

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In fact, for many of us, it took James Lileks to remind us all that West was Lindh's lawyer (H/T HotAir.com). It took Lileks because none of the media bothered to make the connection.

As Lileks says, West was a pretty good lawyer. Did well for his client. Made the case as a good defense lawyer should that his client is innocent and, in this case, not a terrorist. Maybe West is a perfectly competent lawyer?

But here is the main point. This appointment of a terrorist's defense lawyer to the Department of Justice announces that Barack Obama is in favor of a more lenient stance on terrorists. As Lileks says, it is evidence of a going back to 9/10 thinking. Also, since the Old Media have not made a single peep about this, it announces to the world that neither the crimes of 9/11 nor terrorism are any longer of interest to those that make the news. Says Lileks, "It just seems like one of those things that might have stuck out, once upon a time."

So, in a era when most of us still acutely feel that Islamic terrorism is an important worry that should still feature prominently in our planning, Barack Obama is appointing a terrorist's lawyer to one of the very agencies that is supposed to protect us all.

And the Old Media does not find this fact the least bit interesting.

(Photo Credit: San Francisco Chronicle)