Who will be President Obama's Attorney General?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/eric-holder-obamas-attorn_n_137696.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081118/ap_on_el_pr/obama_attorney_general

even if he get's the nod from obama doesn't mean he will be confirmed. question doesn't ask who obama will nominate..this should be unspended imho.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/la-na-holder19-2008nov19,0,2170915.story

@ Destry
Until an official announcement is made, this is ABSURD to suspend the question. Hubdubbers should be able to make predictions based upon whatever information is available until the suspend date is reached or an official announcement is made. Is this Hubdub policy that when a rumor or non-official announcement is made, the question is suspended?

We do have some rules on settlement and suspension - http://www.hubdub.com/public/rules#settlement

This one might be relevant: In questions on news where initial reports are often inaccurate, questions will generally be suspended on initial reports however they will not be settled until there is a stronger consensus among news sources. If the consensus results in the question remaining open then it will be unsuspended.

tisha - i know your not political admin but to suspend this question is wrong. the secatary of state question is open, and theres all kinds of reports out of hillary getting that job. some will say well hillary might not get the job cause of bill's connections overseas. holder might not get this job for his role in granting mark rich's pardon. then theres the question it's self...its not asking who obama will nominate. why suspend this one and leave the secatary of state question open?

I suspended this market. I stand by the decision to suspend it. I am leaning toward settlement of markets once Obama announces officially his nominee, with a Democratic congress the odds of not getting confirmed are next to nothing.

Thanks for the information Tisha. I see that the policy is: "In questions on news where initial reports are often inaccurate, questions will generally be suspended on initial reports however they will not be settled until there is a stronger consensus among news sources. If the consensus results in the question remaining open then it will be unsuspended."

Might I suggest that since initial reports are often inaccurate, they could make for more interesting movement in the percentages, and more action for players, which is stifled if the question is prematurely suspended. It seems that it would be advantageous not to suspend questions so early.

destry - so why not suspend the secatary of state market?

@ Drzinternet
i have to agree with you. in some respects they seem to have broken there own rules?

on must never forget that Destry is above any rules being a rule unto hiself.

"I suspended this market. I stand by the decision to suspend it."

Good for you!

@curios - I wonder in Australia do they have a device called a spell checker. What it does is it checks the accuracy of the words you are trying to use and alerts you to a potential misspelled word, which makes your writing very difficult to understand, and shows a lack of intelligence which I assume you possess.

As far as being above the rules, all of the actions I take are available for public scrutiny, I have to abide by the same rules as every one else. The category editors and super users, are held to an even higher standard of play, since we have complete transparency with our predictions. The actions we take are available for everyone to see, discuss, criticize, and raise objection to.

The reason for not suspending the Secretary of State article is that there is still uncertainty about whether she will accept the position, there has been no uncertainty about the Attorney General news I have been reading. If there becomes reasonable doubt that the news has misled or wrongly reported the AG nominee then that market can be reopened.

The reason markets are suspended is to prevent people from making wagers or cashing in wagers after an outcome is likely to occur. A person who might have wagered on someone other than the potential AG, could cash out their position if the question was open, and gain money they shouldn't be able to acquire. Also others would be able to pile onto a position and drive the market substantially higher, thereby creating profits they shouldn't earn. Since we have the ability to back void predictions once we settle a market, it is helpful to have a market in suspend status so those predictions can not be closed for ill gotten gains.

If news breaks that the Secretary of State position is going to be filled by a particular individual I will suspend that market as I did the AG market, until news can be confirmed.

@Destry- note the capital? yes i do have a spell checker, and have to use it all the time, i have to convert pure English into American/ English.

In your second paragraph there faults for English /English,where some of the faults lay, are in your use of z where we use s .

Quite apart from all that there was no need to CASTIGATE me on here. There are many people because of your lack of compassion have left Hubdub. But by the same token there are many that help. you just have a delight in trying to ruin the enjoyment of many;
Why not have your first paragraph challenged by the admin.
(I wonder in Australia do they have a device called a spell checker. What it does is it checks the accuracy of the words you are trying to use and alerts you to a potential misspelled word, which makes your writing very difficult to understand, and shows a lack of intelligence which I assume you possess )
and from a AdMIN to boot.
My INTELLIGENCE OR LACK OF would be at least on a par with yours and may i be so bold to say above.

Remember your involvement with epicure? i will not put it here for all to see.

destry - this has been in the news since day 1 of the annoucement. holder's problem with the mark rich pardon. hillary has 1 problem...bill's connection with his overseas contacts.

Would-be attorney general Eric Holder haunted by Marc Rich pardon
Republicans say they're surprised that Barack Obama's transition team didn't gauge their feelings about the likely nominee.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-holder20-2008nov20,0,532485.story?track=rss

I'm fairly new here, and have had nothing but positive interactions with most of those in official capacity here. However, in my short time here it's quite apparent that destry is arrogant, rude, and a bit of a megalomaniac. One would think that someone representing Hubdub would have the notion that this isn't about "them".

For someone in a position of authority to say to a member "I wonder in Australia do they have a device called a spell checker. What it does is it checks the accuracy of the words you are trying to use and alerts you to a potential misspelled word, which makes your writing very difficult to understand, and shows a lack of intelligence which I assume you possess." is inexcusable, and if this were my company would not be tolerated. It may be one thing for regular members to get into the fray, but we really expect some conflict management skills from an administrator that go beyond personal attacks. Everyone else seems to have that ability.

@drzinernet the gentleman juut recently settled a similar prediction but flatly refuses to unsupend this on i realy dont know why other admins do not get involved here? And i thank you for your support

ATTORNEY GENERAL

* Eric Holder, a former Justice Department official under the Clinton Administration, has accepted a conditional offer to become head of the Justice Department, Democratic officials said.

Holder, who served as deputy attorney general under Clinton, has been a senior legal advisor to Obama's campaign and helped vet Obama's vice presidential candidates.

Before the offer becomes official, Obama's team is seeking to determine if Holder can win Senate confirmation with broad bipartisan support.

@curios and any one else I offended. Sometimes an apology can lose its meaning with a lot of words and explanation, so therefore I am going to do my best to keep it short. I am sorry for the tone and wording of the precious comment in this market.. I meant no disrespect. I am humbled by my bad actions and hope I can begin to re earn the trust and confidence of each user I might have offended.

destry - first let me say i'm glad to see your man enough to apologise. i truly hope you mean what you say this time. i'll be honest at times i think you have something againest me. maybe it's because we've had problems in the past. you can be very arroagant and rude. as an employee of HD you don't have that luxuray. i know your human and people insulting you has to effect the way you react. your the only admin who reacts improperly. i've been disrespectful to donnel and ryan in the past and they never reacted the way you have with me and others.

i've seen other admins get treated like dirt and they manage to respond politely or not at all. maybe your not cut out to be an admin. no need in going over the past, but this is not the first time you have gone over the line. i've talked to serval people who had problems with you..not just in the comments. lets take this question for example. it was the only cabinet question that was suspended. you wouldn't or couldn't see where that wasn't right. see comment 8. now you decide to unsuspend it. thats what frustates me the most about you. your not consistent in the way you decide things. i was thinking about pulling a lucidstates like strike on the political catagoery to try and get some consistency out of you.

i'm willing to put all this behind me and hope other members are as well. we all need to work togeather and be more civil towards each other. i'm not claiming i'm an angel...i've over reacted more than once, it's no excuse but i'm not representing HD. ALL I WANT IS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND CONSISTENCY FROM THE ADMINS.

i hope your not offended by anything i just said, that wasn't my intention. just getting some things off my chest. i was asked not to harrass you in the comments and i've been trying my best not to. lets hope this is a new beginning and we don't have to re-visit it.

thank you diesel ,
well put and two destry i wonder how long your apologies will last , i think if the truth be known you have read my i am leaving in article in the forum as i saying there i can prove all accusations made ......believe me i am NOT A FOOL thanks again diesel

opps too

@destry i am sure you did not mean this,
. I am sorry for the tone and wording of the precious comment in this market (its not precious)
i think you meant previous
see even you MAY have made a mistake!!!!!!!!!!!

@destry -- "I am sorry for the tone and wording of the precious comment in this market.. I meant no disrespect. I am humbled by my bad actions and hope I can begin to re earn the trust and confidence of each user I might have offended."

I hope that curios and the rest of us will accept your apology for the MANY TIMES that you have been arrogant and rude to curios, both in the comments sections and in email which he has shared with many of us. In the past few months, many of us have had to endure these untoward comments from you -- and mood swings -- with a regularity that does NOT make it pleasant to be on hubdub. Hubdub is not large enough to afford the departure of any more members due to comments like these.

You are an employee of this company and should possess adequate management skills to work pleasantly and productively with the members of this site, like all the other admins do. We respect your intelligence and capabilities, but not your moods. We are mostly a very friendly bunch...While we are opinionated and enjoy our debates IN THE COMMENTS, WHERE WE WANT THEM, we are really very easy to work with and love being on hubdub. That's why WE are here. Hopefully that will soon be the reason why YOU are here...

I am truly sorry that it was necessary for me to write this comment: it takes the fun out of hubdub for me. This is the responsibility of a senior admin, not a regular member.