Mukasey Collapses...

...in the middle of a speech.

Huffington Post: Mukasey's was noticeably shaking during his speech before he collapsed shortly before 10:20 p.m. EST. His security detail called 911. Mukasey was on the stage for 10 minutes being attended to by his FBI detail before medics arrived, according to a Justice Department official who was there. Mukasey was still breathing at the time, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to talk to the media.

An FBI official said Mukasey got stuck on a word during his speech to the conservative legal group, repeated it several times and then "went down hard."

I hope he's okay and I don't mean to be flippant here, but I wonder if the word was "waterboarding"?


UPDATE (11am):

TPM: A spokeswoman says that Attorney General Michael Mukasey is doing better and that he apparently fainted during a speech, with no signs of a stroke or heart problem.

Maybe he was just drunk?

Another Piece Of The Puzzle

NBC News confirms that Eric Holder has been offered and accepted the job of Attorney General for the Obama Administration.

There was speculation that the Obama transition team ran it by the Hill first in order to receive assurances that this confirmation would go through smoothly. Erc Holder was acting AG during the Clinton Administration after Janet Reno stepped down when he signed off on the Presidential pardon of Marc Rich.