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http:// blog.locustfork.net/2009/11/white-house-close-to-alabama-u-s-attorney-choice/
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Highly placed sources in Alabama legal and political circles are now saying the White House may soon break the logjam on the replacement of the unpopular U.S. attorney in Montgomery with the appointment of assistant U.S. attorney Tamara Matthews Johnson, an African-American woman with Republican leanings who has been involved in many of the political prosecutions against Democrats, including the case against Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford.
That is where things are headed today, according to one key source who insisted on remaining anonymous. The name was confirmed with others who have their ears to the ground in Montgomery and Washington.
Ms. Johnson is now “a strong contender with the inside track” — that is unless activists on the Democratic Party side of things act quickly to stop the White House train from rolling in the wrong direction.
As has been reported before somewhat accurately, according to the sources, Republican U.S. Senator Richard Shelby has held up the appointment of former public defender Joseph Van Heest, while Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions objected to Michel Nicrosi, a Montgomery native and former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District, as well as attorney George Beck, some of the names floated for the job.
A special committee appointed by Birmingham Congressman Artur Davis to recommend judicial appointments to the Obama administration named Van Heest as its second choice. Sources who know him say he would be an excellent choice, although Shelby’s objections are too strong to overcome, they say.
The Obama administration has charted a policy of not naming new U.S. attorneys until replacements can be found, in what our key source calls “a bad policy.” The administration is also reportedly searching for candidates who would not face controversial confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate, thus the reason Republican Senators such as Shelby have a voice at all with a Democrat in the White House and a solid Democratic majority in both houses of Congress.