Dodd joins Sanders in AG pick opposition

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CT, has joined our Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-VT, in being the only two members of the U.S. Senate who have publicly stated they will vote against the confirmation of Michael Mukasey as the new attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice.

But will there be more following soon? Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, appears to be now backing away from his initial "I like him" statement over Mukasey's refusal to answer if water-boarding should be considered torture.

But will that be enough to sink the nominee?

-Dan Barlow