Support for Attorney General Gonzales slips further

[babylonsister]

Support for Attorney General Gonzales slips further
Even among GOP lawmakers on the Hill, concerns mount about the attorney general's truthfulness.
By Peter Grier | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

from the August 2, 2007 edition

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Washington - Seldom have a cabinet official and a Congress been so at odds. After months of bickering over fired US attorneys, congressional subpoenas, and secret eavesdropping, embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales now has few supporters left on Capitol Hill, even among his fellow Republicans.

Mr. Gonzales's bitterest foes have gone so far as to call for a special counsel to investigate whether he has perjured himself in congressional testimony. Others have begun pushing for his impeachment.

But it remains unlikely that lawmakers alone will oust the attorney general from office. By all accounts Gonzales retains the support of the person who could fire him in a stroke: President Bush.

And the most important recent developments in the case may not involve Gonzales himself. In defending him against charges that he lied to Congress last week, administration officials indirectly may have confirmed that the National Security Agency's secret eavesdropping program involves more extensive activities than previously revealed.

"The administration has finally copped to a broader program," wrote Cindy Cohn, legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in a July 31 analysis of recent developments in the case.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0802/p03s03-usju.html

[sallyseven]

1. He will resign during the recess

an bush will find another moron to take his place. That is why he is smirking. Reid should not recess the senate.

[billyoc]

2. I think Reid said he was leaving a skeleton crew to block recess appts.

I don't have a link for it, though. :shrug:

[Perky]

3. Who would want this thankles job at this point

WHo would want to go through the vetting and Senate Hearings?

WHo would want to run this demoralized department for a lame duck controvery ridden, jerk like Bush?



Oooooh ooh I know I know..... Harriet Mieirs

[tekisui]

4. No replacement necessary

When Gonzo resigns during the August recess, the AG job goes to the third in line, Clement. W wouldn't risk a surely-to-fail-confirmation.