Opposition is growing to attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey. On Monday, Democratic Senator Chris Dodd publicly announced he would vote against Mukasey. Hours later, Senators Joseph Biden and Barack Obama announced they too might oppose his nomination. All three senators are running for president. Dodd criticized Mukasey for claiming that the president of the United States could stand above constitutional statutes. Dodd said, “That is about as basic as it gets. You must obey the law. Everyone must.” Dodd, Biden and Obama all criticized Mukasey for refusing to say whether waterboarding was a form of torture. Obama told the New York Sun: “No nominee for attorney general should need a second chance to oppose torture and the unnecessary violation of civil liberties.”