As an outsider to Obama’s circle, she could be the right attorney general pick to get fast-track Senate confirmation—and then effectively execute the president’s goals during his final two years.
The nomination of Loretta Lynch as the next attorney general of the United States perhaps displays as much presidential deftness as it does defiance. Clearly, in the wake of last week’s election, President Barack Obama wants to show some. And while some observers assume that Lynch will have a relatively straightforward Senate confirmation, since she’s perceived as less of an “Obama inner circle” pick than her predecessor, in fact, her ascension is quite deliberate. There’s an argument here, given the president’s penchant for sacrificing first-round picks as shrewdly as Kevin Costner’s character in Draft Day, that maybe she’s exactly who Obama wanted in the first place.
Her apolitical distance from the White House may be a way to momentarily muffle the reservations of begrudging Senate Republicans. But at the same time, Lynch’s Harvard pedigree suggests a true-to-form Obama preference for black Ivy League elites to form his front line. And it’s hard to miss the symbolism, with Lynch—the skilled, tough-as-nails sister lawyer—rushing in to save the brother from lame-duck collapse.
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