After months of waiting to see if Koster would do his job, the wait is over - he decided he's not going to do it.
Opinions from the right:
Despite the literary allusions and fancy legal footwork, legal experts were unimpressed by the friend-of-the-court brief filed this week in a Florida case before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
"It appears that the attorney general is trying to split the baby with this amicus brief, hoping to satisfy those who demanded that he take a position against the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality while also signaling his support for the underlying policy," Dave Roland wrote in an email. He is director of litigation for the libertarian Freedom Center of Missouri.
And opinions from the left:
"I don't think the Democratic party should tolerate statewide officials undermining the party," wrote Adam Shriver yesteray on his left-leaning blog St. Louis Activist Hub. "I have no interest in voting for Koster after this pathetic pandering. I hope people who actually believe in the values of the Democratic party can find a good primary challenger who would at least give us a decent candidate to vote for in November 2012."
The unofficial blog of the Missouri Democratic Party, Fired Up! Missouri, called Koster's briefing "disappointing."
Today's lesson: nobody likes a spineless politician.
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