If they shut down Mueller, Pelosi and Schiff will call him to report his findings to Congress and televise the hearings. That's what they said.

Kobach lost which is awesome. I may live in Missouri, but I feel more connected to Kansas (where I grew up and where my taxes go) so Kobach's defeat is pretty exciting for me.

oh god is it going to be Lindsey?

Current wisdom (which probably isn't worth much) is that it won't be Graham. I have seen speculation that it could be Kobach (which is why I grabbed your quote, Gud), but Whitaker (who's acting AG) has already has made it pretty clear he'd do anything for Dear Leader.

And even if Whitaker wouldn't get confirmed (I think this Senate would do anything for Trump too, but I'm saying if), who's to say it just won't take Trump a long time to replace him.

Is there a limit on how long an "acting" AG can head up the DOJ?

If they shut down Mueller, Pelosi and Schiff will call him to report his findings to Congress and televise the hearings. That's what they said.

God, I hope so.

While Susan Collins is shocked there's gambling in Casablanca [link] ...

...Jeff Flake has put on a Lucy Van Pelt wig and wants us to know this time, he really will hold the football until we kick it. [link]

Timelies all!

Happy about some of the results, not so much about others. Hogan won re-election here handily, which, sadly, doesn't surprise me. As Republicans go, he's not bad at all.(Seems to be another rare moderate in office)

I know people worked their asses off in FL, GA and TX to get the vote as close as they did.

And the media acted like these were the only races that mattered BECAUSE they were the long shots and therefore the most newsy.

A guy in the deli this morning said he was depressed because of politics and I just froze because either I was going to Well Actually a total stranger OR wind up talking to a Republican. So I muttered noncomittally until my breakfast came.

Ugh. Just a "one on one" meeting with my supervisor, as I do every month, and it was not, like, an objectively bad meeting/review/whatever but I sure came out of it feeling bad. Bah.

Unrelatedly, I hate it when clicking "save" on my spreadsheet makes Excel crash. It's like it's mocking me.

Is there a limit on how long an "acting" AG can head up the DOJ?

According to this article, "Whitaker, who has publicly criticized the Mueller investigation, by law can serve as acting AG for a maximum of 210 days."

I did read some people saying that Whitaker would have to recuse himself, since he's made his feelings about the Mueller investigation known or whatever. I have no idea if that's accurate, nor do I think he would do any such thing, but it delights me to enjoy Trump's reaction if it happened.