Rather than fulfilling the Attorney General’s oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States” and the President’s Constitutional responsibility to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed,” the Justice Department in the Obama Administration, under the leadership of Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., has repeatedly put its partisan agenda ahead of its Constitutional duties. The pattern of pushing partisan ideology rather than neutrally enforcing the law began nearly as soon as the Administration took office and has continued unabated since.

Shortly before the vote, the tone of the debate turned sharp as some Republicans pushed for a pledge from Mr. Holder not to prosecute intelligence agents for using harsh tactics during interrogations.

Mr. Holder’s principal vulnerability was that he had facilitated the pardon given by President Clinton eight years ago to Marc Rich, a financier who fled the country to avoid prosecution. But the endorsement of Mr. Holder by many in law enforcement and many notable Republicans, including William Barr, the attorney general under the first President Bush, made it difficult for Republicans to mount a campaign.

Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, praised Mr. Holder’s qualifications and character as much as any Democrat, calling him a great lawyer and man of integrity. But Mr. Coburn said he was opposed to the nomination, nonetheless, citing Mr. Holder’s role in the Rich pardon and his views on gun control. Mr. Coburn said that he thought Mr. Holder’s views on gun registration meant that a man could not simply give a gun that he owned to someone else without the involvement of the government.

Issa came under fire in Oct. 2010 for his statement — which he later retracted — that President Obama was one of the most corrupt presidents in history. Now, Issa is taking aim at the government as a whole, citing the $535 million government loan guarantee to Solyndra and the $823,000 Las Vegas conference held by GSA in 2010.

Issa's committee has been investigating the White House's role in the Solyndra loan since September but has yet to notch a serious victory against the administration.

Why is top Obama adviser and ’08 campaign guru David Plouffe being so Uncivil as to call crybaby car robber arsonist Darrell Issa a crybaby car robber firebug? Probably because flibbenflobbenslobberIRSghazi the Obama Administration is the most dastardly and intimidating administration the world has ever known, and this is just one more instance of how COMPLETELY UNFAIRLY they will intimidate you by calling you a crybaby car robber firebug just because you were charged with stealing cars and suspected of burning down your own buildings, and also because you love to cry. (Apparently, David Plouffe forgot to put “crybaby” in his Tweeter, can somebody ask him to correct it?)