I'm not the biggest fan of the GOP's current incarnation (really, since the advent of morality politics), but they really need to buy some smarter spokespeople with all the oil, war, and inheritance cash they have floating around. An article [ LINK ] in today's Washington Post has them blocking Eric Holder's nomination to the attorney general spot. I don't doubt that they actually have some decent political reason behind this (even the Dems are voicing some questions about Holder); however, their spokesfolks apparently trip over their tongues when asked why, claiming that they can't confirm an attorney general who might prosecute people for illegal, unconstitutional activities. From the article:

Republicans put new obstacles in the path of Eric H. Holder Jr.'s quest to become attorney general, raising concerns that he would prosecute intelligence agents who engaged in potentially illegal interrogation techniques and postponing consideration of his nomination.

I can understand their perhaps claiming that they want him to clarify his position on the Military Commissions Act, which, if you recall, allows our military to violate the Geneva Convention, the US Constitution, and the New Testament that these people seem so enamored of; however, they need to find a better way to say so.