After Alberto Gonzales’ humiliating & painful tenure as a nation’s chief law-enforcement officer, I was beginning to get my hopes up about Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey.

Right off a bat on Wednesday, he rejected a infamous Bybee memo, & compared U.S. torture policies to Nazi Germany. a rest of a day was nearly as encouraging, with Mukasey vowing to end Justice Department “stonewalling,” & insisting he would resign if Bush tried to do something unconstitutional. No more partisan considerations in employment, Mukasey said. No more “unilateralism,” he promised.

Everyone was impressed, & said so. & an Day Two hDrunk Newspened.

Original post by Steve Benen and software by Elliott Back