An interesting tidbit buried fourteen paragraphs into this New York Times story:
On matters of policy, Ms. Lynch [pictured] called capital punishment "an effective penalty" and said she disagreed with Mr. Obama's statements that marijuana was no more harmful than alcohol. She called the National Security Agency's collection of American phone records "certainly constitutional, and effective."
One has to wonder how many liberals were paying attention to this nit in Lynch's confirmation hearing, and how many among those will be happy to hear Obama's potential new attorney general extolling the death penalty. Same goes for certain Coloradans toking up as this piece goes to print. The NSA comment, if spread around, may well infuriate everyone, party affiliation notwithstanding.
Neither liberals nor conservatives should take too much stock in these remarks, however. It's fair to surmise that Lynch is just saying what she needs to say to the Republican-controlled Judiciary Committee get confirmed – although, as the Times portrays the Republicans, it looks as though she can say almost anything she wants from here on out.
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