Messages to Attorney General Gonzales
New York Times conveys Republican dissatisfaction
Via Think Progress, after Senator Chuck Schumer repeated calls for his head, I see that the New York Times is being used to communicate even Republican consternation with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, some of it apparently based in the White House itself.
After recitation of the regular White House statements in todays Times article, there is this:
‘Mistakes’ Made on Prosecutors, Gonzales Says
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JEFF ZELENY
Published: March 14, 2007
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With Democrats, including the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, insisting that Mr. Gonzales step down, his appearance underscored what two Republicans close to the Bush administration described as a growing rift between the White House and the attorney general. Mr. Gonzales has long been a confidant of the president but has aroused the ire of lawmakers of both parties on several issues, including the administration’s domestic eavesdropping program.
The two Republicans, who spoke anonymously so they could share private conversations with senior White House officials, said top aides to Mr. Bush, including Fred F. Fielding, the new White House counsel, were concerned that the controversy had so damaged Mr. Gonzales’s credibility that he would be unable to advance the White House agenda on national security matters, including terrorism prosecutions.
“I really think there’s a serious estrangement between the White House and Alberto now,†one of the Republicans said.
How much longer will Gonzales be around? Man, that guy really has stuck in my craw over the years, enough to fax the Senate Judiciary Committee THIS during the confirmation hearings for his current job. And also there was THIS on the day he was confirmed. Some of the better writing in the blog, if I don’t say so myself… well I’ll let readers judge if that’s saying much.