Hill Democrats: Gonzales Resignation 'Not the End of the Story'

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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/08/hill_democrats_gonzales_resign.html

House and Senate Democrats are vowing to press ahead with their investigations into allegations of an overly politicized Justice Department while calling on President Bush to nominate a consensus replacement for departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.

"This resignation is not the end of the story. Congress must get to the bottom of this mess and follow the facts where they lead, into the White House," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said in a statement.

With Gonzales's resignation Democrats secured their most prominent oversight victory of their nascent majority status, coming on the heels of a double-barreled investigation by the House and Senate Judiciary committees that whittled away at the political support on Capitol Hill.

With no nominee yet to succeed Gonzales, it's entirely unclear when confirmation hearings will begin. Democrats called for a new attorney general with deep prosecutorial experience -- Gonzales was never a prosecutor.

[BridgeTheGap]

1. Amen! It's still important to do the right thing.

* may have thought this resignation would make the problem with the attorney firings go away. Clearly, gonzo was just the flak, though the timing of his resignation so soon after rove's seems to indicate they know trouble is coming.