Investor's Business Daily on Eric Holder

IBD is the first major paper to say what everyone with half a brain knows...we need a new Attorney General. But just like Clinton had that idiot Janet Reno for two terms, we will probably be stuck with Holder for a few more years...

Holder's Got To Go

Competence: Stumbling from one gaffe to another and showing little appreciation for our Constitution, Attorney General Eric Holder has become a major embarrassment. Time to admit he's in over his head and let him go.

We were never big fans of the AG, but like many others, we had hoped our misgivings were wrong and that he'd be successful as the nation's top law enforcement officer. Sorry to say, he hasn't been.

Events in recent days and weeks show that Holder has little if any understanding of our nation's most precious asset, the Constitution, and seems oblivious to the actual requirements of his job.

An appearance before the House Judiciary Committee last week illustrates the problem. Holder told the panel that Justice Department decisions "are done in a political way." Thanks for the honesty, but that's not what the job requires.

This may explain why Holder could question whether Arizona's new law on illegal immigrants is "unconstitutional" and imply that those who drafted the bill were racist, and, in the next breath, admit that he hadn't even read the 17-page bill...

Of equal concern, Holder seems to treat the War on Terror (yes, we still use and capitalize the term) as a joke....

Fact is, the U.S. is being probed by radical Islamist terrorists, some homegrown, for a major attack. A big reason for that is they think we're weak. Someday they'll succeed...

Anyone with a normal ration of common sense and intelligence can see that radical Islam is a serious problem. Why can't Holder?...

By his own admission, Holder's decision making is driven by politics — not by concerns for the Constitution or public safety. Rule of law depends on a nonpolitical attorney general. Holder must go.