we turn to phil mattingly of bloomberg news and michael schmidt of the "new york times."come to you both. phil mattingly, why did the president turn to james comey from the bush administration? >> james comey kind of checks all o boxes. he's' republican, a bush appointee, but he's onearchs we just heard, gained a lot of respect from democrats during his role in the bush administration. he's one that's going to get support from both sides. >> woodruff: richard norton mic, what is it did his resume and experience that qualifies him for the job? >> he's pretty much done everything at the justice department. he produced martha stewart. he prosecuted terrorists. he appointed someone to do a leak investigation. he dealt with significant national security issues between 2003 and 2005. he did gun cases in richmond, virginia, so there's a white swath of things and in all of them he's gotten very high accolades. in sort of the temperature up on capitol hill, he's seen as someone who will be fairly easy or easier to get confirmed. >> woodruff: phil mattingly, what about his views--

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mccain senior campaign strategist and msnbc political annist steve schmidt and howard dean is still with us. "the washington post" this is michaele a bad name and says in part this. justice department officials attributed holder's actions to the, quote, withering pressure to investigate leaks from both within the intelligence community and the congress. so the weather vain complains about the wind. attorney general could not survive a pelting hail of interdepthal memos. at times he has displayed the legal sense iblets of a flower child and other points pursued the broadest attack freedom in decades. hold holder's signature not ideology. he spent five years learning from his mistakes. it's been an expensive education. pretty searing. this is rich lowery writes this. what eric holder has done is so troubling to everyone including eric holder that president obama has ordered a review of justice department policy to be undertaken by the single most appropriate man for such a task eric holder. eric holder has a tight july 12th deadline to report back on eric holder. ah! let's hope he can imagine to be fair minded to eric holder despi