states have to demonstrate they actually would experience harm by diverting money away from these bases or counter narcotics you mentioned. there will be other public interest groups. it still will take some time and from joe s perspective, give plenty of time for this to be a political issue. i don t know it s going to making a big assumption it will help them. look at the midterm elections, they ran on it and it didn t work out by republicans. it s an assumption by stephen miller this is a good issue for them. the administration departure one, appears imminent, rod rosenstein, cnn reporting, leaving the justice department, deputy ag job, by mid-march. the other, chris ruddy, who runs
going to quit. we want to talk a little more about this with the senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation and senior doj official, thanks for joining us. as former doj official i will get your take on what is going on. nothing remarkable or unusual about him wanting to leave. the average time a political appointee stays in is only about a year, two years, he has been in there for 21 months. the deputy ag job is a 24/7 job and rod rosenstein hasn t seen a lot in two years. towards the end of the amount of time people spend, nothing unusual about this. the mainstream media hasn t been listening to you.
line. he s a known conservative, he is expected to do trump s bidding, regarding the probe. but, when it comes to the deputy ag job, the president wants rosenstein to resign, if he wants him out. why? because if he resigns, then trump can immediately replace him with someone else, with the title acting deputy ag. no need for confirmation. no need to deal with congress. delays, doubts, we see what s playing out with kavanaugh. and let s be honest, the president s record with picking people to do big jobs doesn t exactly inspire confidence. however, no early christmas present for noel if the president utters his signature phrase, you re fired. why? in that case, there has to be a nomination, a confirmation process. that s what happens if rosenstein is fired. and that could last almost as long as reasonably the probe might go. and just think about the toxic politics at play down there in
were fired or to resign. that follows a line of secession. noel francisco, great name, the solicitor general, he is next in line. he s a known conservative, he is expected to do trump s bidding, regarding the probe. but, when it comes to the deputy ag job, the president wants rosenstein to resign, if he wants him out. why? because if he resigns, then trump can immediately replace him with someone else, with the title acting deputy ag. no need for confirmation. no need to deal with congress. delays, doubts, we see what s playing out with kavanaugh. and let s be honest, the president s record with picking people to do big jobs doesn t exactly inspire confidence. however, no early christmas present for noel if the president utters his signature phrase, you re fired. why? in that case, there has to be a nomination, a confirmation process. that s what happens if rosenstein is fired.