it goes back to the constant attacks on the justice department, the attacks on the attorney general, the attacks on mueller and the attacks on the fbi and i think she saw herself in a position that she would have been the next target. so i think there s plenty of reasons for her to have left. i think she s done a good job, and i wish her well. so rod rosenstein is still there, but if donald trump does decide to fire him or he does decide to resign, now with rachel brand no longer there, the next in charge would be noel francisco. a lawyer for the exvirginia governor bob mcdonell in a bribery case before the supreme court, among other things. what does this mean for the mueller investigation to see rachel brand go? does it mean anything, eric? well, we don t know. at this point, rod rosenstein obviously is still there and still doing his job.
francisco. a lawyer for the exvirginia governor bob mcdonell in a bribery case before the supreme court, among other things. what does this mean for the mueller investigation to see rachel brand go? does it mean anything, eric? well, we don t know. at this point, rod rosenstein obviously is still there and still doing his job. i would note that if push comes to shove and trump decides he wants rosenstein out of there he is not limited to noel francisco as the next in line. there s a reform act that enables trump to move around chess pieces on the board. he can install any person who s been confirmed by the senate as acting deputy attorney general to replace rosenstein for around nine months or he can do the same thing with any senior person who s been at the department of justice for at least 90 days.
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they are seen as the front-runners. as for portman, he says rubio could be the guy. listen to what he said. i think he has a terrific list of people. couple of them are my colleagues. marco rubio, john thune, paul ryan. i think he will have a long list to choose from. so, who is a little overvalued as a stock right now? we put new jersey governor chris christie and bob mcdonell on that list. the conventional crowd loves him, but geography hurts christie s chances. then governor mcdonell who some republicans say could become an easy target for democrats who want to push the war on women, mainly because of that virginia bell that required pre-abortion ultrasounds who is sneaking up on the list, tim pawlenty, he is getting more buzz inside the
a social moderate. for more on the vp stakes, i m joined by reed wilson. you have your own top ten list. take me through it. kelly ayotte, mitch daniels nine. bob mcdonell in the number eight spot. i feel like that s the list of sort of the long shots. you get the plausible alternative in john thune. the wild card, let s not forget over the last 30 years or so you have a wild card, you won t say who it is. someone not on the list. that s a great hedge. basically that s the field. that s the field that everybody is free to take in. then the five guys who are really closest to the top. portman, pawlenty, ryan, jindal and rubio. you said it you hinted at it earlier. pawlenty s stock is rising. he s closer to the campaign than people have than conventional wisdom holds. is he getting serious