Chertoff for AG

Today (I believe) I became the first "columnist" in the U.S. to advance the candidacy of the only person in the country who should take over the Department of Justice if Attorney General Alberto Gonzales bows to political pressure and resigns.

I advance solid reasons why Michael Chertoff should be the Gonzales successor and, in the spirit of full disclosure, added a tagline that Mike Chertoff was one of the U.S. Attorneys for whom I served as spokesman at the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey, adding that I've not spoken with Mr. Chertoff for years.

I created and managed the Public Affairs office for the District of New Jersey (as an apolitical civil service employee) and was spokesman for the Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., the Hon. Michael Chertoff and the Hon. Faith S. Hochberg, when each was the top federal law enforcement official in the Garden State.

See http://www.examiner.com/Washington_DC-Opinion.html. If the column no longer appears on the Opinion Page try http://www.examiner.com/a-677935~Richard_Lavinthal__If_Gonzales_leaves__Chertoff_is_the_man_to_replace_him.html. If neither of the above links work, visit http://www.PRforLAW.com where the column will be posted later this week.