Paul Fishman could be sworn in as United States Attorney within a week, although delays are inevitable - especially if Democrats prefer that the new federal prosecutor not be the one to sign off on requests for documents from Gov. Jon Corzine's re-election campaign.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved Fishman's nomination today.  Now the full Senate must vote on his confirmation, which is expected to come on the next unanimous consent calendar vote.  That could be as early as Tuesday.  After that, President Barack Obama must formally sign his commission; that could happen on the same day as the Senate vote, or a few days after that.  Then Fishman must arrange for a federal judge to swear him in; that also could happen immediately.