OH, ABOUT THOSE TERROR TRIALS – AT 8:57 A.M. ET:  Remember the plan to try 9/11 terror suspects in a courtroom right in the middle of densely populated Manhattan?  Well, they're studying the issue, and studying, and...when is that midterm election again?  From The Politico:

Attorney General Eric Holder said the decision over where to hold the trial for alleged 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was “weeks away” — three months ago.

Now advocates on both sides of the issue say they expect the Obama administration to punt the decision until after the November midterm elections— when the controversial plan could do less damage to the political fortunes of endangered Democrats and might face less resistance on Capitol Hill.

Yes, it's all about justice.  Laugh now. 

Holder last week explicitly denied the midterms had anything to do with the timing but would only say discussions are continuing. The White House had no comment.

Politics?  In our White House?

Any further stalling could pose a serious political problem for President Barack Obama on the left – where advocates cheered his administration’s plan to break from the Bush administration and give top al-Qaida figures trials in American courtrooms, a sign to the country and the world that U.S.-style justice was enough to try to men accused of the worst crimes in the nation’s history.

Is there a left left?  Where would they go in an election between Obama and a Republican?  Why is Obama so afraid of that crowd? 

The decision is, obviously, being delayed for political reasons.  This gang doesn't even have the courage of its acquittals.

June 20, 2010