I bet that both Attorney General Holder and Secretary of Defense Hagel will be in office until 2016.
Both have resigned, but have stated that they will stay in office until their replacement has been confirmed.
In this case, "confirmed" means that the President appoints the new prospective office holder and the US Senate "confirms" the appointment.
Although the Senate has new rules about being able to confirm presidential appointments with just a simple majority, I do not believe that it applies to appointments at the cabinet level.
I do not think that the Republicans will agree with ANY of the replacements that President Obama appoints.
When I was in high school, I read a book called, Advise and Consent, about the confirmation of a presidential appointee. I do not know if it has held up to the test of time. It did teach me that a confirmation is a serious political event.
The Republicans are trying to act as a monolithic group. The prospective Republican presidential candidates tend to turn against any of their leaders that gets too far in front of the pack.
Does anyone want to take my bet?
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