"There is also a case, though, for nominating an attorney general equally as first-rate as Olson, but one who'll be easily confirmed -- and who will, I believe, come to judgments similar to Olson's on key issues of executive power and the war on terror," he said.
Mukasey is not as well-known as Olson in Washington. As chief judge of the busy federal courthouse in Manhattan for six years, Mukasey handled high-profile terrorism cases.
"I don't know enough about him, so he has to pass that test for me, go through that filter," Democratic Senator Joseph Biden told Fox News on Sunday.
"Is he going to be the president's guy? ... Or, is he going to stand up and defend the Constitution and be the people's lawyer as well?" Biden said.
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