With presidential primary politics, things move faster. Now the number of senators who have unequivocally opposed Mukasey’s nomination is four. Says Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY):
“We cannot send a signal that the next attorney general in any way condones torture or believes that the president is unconstrained by law. His failure to do so leaves me no choice but to oppose his nomination.”
A large number of senators have put off any definitive answer on Mukasey until he again answers whether waterboarding qualifies as torture.
