IT BEGINS – AT 11:05 A.M. ET:  Regarding our first post this morning, Democratic opposition to the selection of Senator Jeff Sessions to be attorney-general is already building.  Clearly, this will be a central fight for the Democratic Party.  From The Hill:

If confirmed, Sessions would succeed Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman to serve as the nation's top law enforcement official.

But Democratic opposition to Sessions is already beginning, signaling the potential for a rocky path to confirmation.

Past controversies touching on race will dominate the discussion surrounding Sessions, who would preside over an agency with responsibilities to protect civil rights.

Thirty years ago, Sessions was denied a federal judge position over allegations that he had called the NAACP and American Civil Liberties Union "un-American" and said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK, until he learned they smoked marijuana."

Sessions has vehemently denied the claims, but Democrats are already pointing to the accusations as disqualifying.

David Axelrod, President Obama's former senior adviser, blasted Sessions’s selection on Twitter, arguing the appointment will "send chills to advocates of civil and immigrant rights."

The leader of the liberal Democracy for America issued a statement that said Sessions was barely more qualified to lead Justice than a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

“The handful of people who might be even less equipped than Jeff Sessions to dispense justice on behalf of the American people typically spend their weekends wearing pointy hats and burning crosses,” Democracy for American executive director Charles Chamberlain said.

The wildness of those comments defies description.  The Trump people point out that Sen. Sessions voted for the confirmation of Eric Holder to be attorney-general.  He voted for extension of Civil Rights Act, and filed a number of desegregation suits while working in the Justice Department.  These things will not matter to the Democrats.  Race and gender are their lines of work, and they have a new project – Jeff Sessions.

November 18, 2016