Holder has the most to worry about as the new Congressional session gets underway. The Attorney General has been a target of Republicans in Congress already. It's bound to get worse.
Mr. Holder is a particularly juicy target because he presides over issues that have served as recurrent fodder for political controversy — including using the criminal justice system for terrorism cases, and federal enforcement of civil-rights and immigration laws.
More than most administration officials, he has served as a proxy for Republican attacks on what they see as President Obama’s left-leaning agenda. At least two 2012 possible Republican presidential hopefuls have already called for Mr. Holder’s resignation. ...NYT
Enforcing the law really irks Republicans. Far better, from their point of view, a series of AG's who break the law and refuse to enforce it.
Good is bad; bad is good. As the Times editorial board writes today in another context: "The challenge for President Obama and Democratic lawmakers is not to get drawn into that warped mind-set."
