Bush was pleased with Alberto Gonzales' performance at today's hearings, and "the Attorney General has the full confidence of the President", according to a White House press release. Apparently, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) didn't get the memo, because he called for Gonzales to resign during his questioning.
There "has to be consequences" for the management and leadership failure under Gonzales' watch. It's "generous to say that there were misstatements" by Gonzales and others, Coburn said. "I believe that you ought to suffer the consequences," he said, adding that Gonzales ought to be judged by the same standards with which he judged the U.S. attorneys.
Maybe it's Bush who missed the memo; with the exception of Orrin Hatch, the Republican members of the Judiciary Committee raked Gonzales over the coals today. They've had it with his "misstatements" and incompetence, and I suspect they think it's time for him to fall on his sword. We'll see if he got the message.
Cross(examination)-posted at Birmingham Blues.
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