Another GOP hits at Gonzo: Gonzo Gotta Go, Need a "New Team" at DOJ

by Global Evildoer Fighter @ 2:20 PM EDT

Embattled Bush loyalist loses key conservative support


AFP
April 8, 2007

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Sunday lost the support of an influential US conservative as he prepared for make-or-break testimony over the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors.

Until now, pressure for the long-time ally of President George W. Bush to resign -- after evidence emerged implicating Gonzales in the firings of the attorneys for allegedly partisan reasons -- has come mainly from Democrats in Congress.

Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives and one of the most influential conservative US Republicans, told Fox News it was time for a new attorney general.

Raw Story

TRAIN WRECK: Bush Loyal GOP calling for Gonzo's Head!

by Global Evildoer Fighter @ 12:15 PM EDT

Gonzales Should go, Ehlers says


Friday April 06, 2007
By Nate Reens
The Grand Rapids Press

GRAND RAPIDS -- Ashamed of the way Attorney General Alberto Gonzales handled firing eight federal prosecutors and other issues, U.S. Rep. Vern Ehlers said Thursday the head of the Justice Department should resign.

Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids said Gonzalez should offer President George W. Bush that courtesy to stop the political controversy over what role the Attorney General played in the dismissals.

"He is a very good friend of President Bush and it would be very hard for the president to ask him to resign," Ehlers said. "But this has been a major embarrassment for the administration by the way he has mishandled issues for a while now."

Grand Rapids Press

One-Third Of US Attorney Jobs Went To Loyal Bushies

by S-Q @ 1:53 PM MDT

Calling Mr. Alberto Gonzales
© 2007 Stephen Pitt

Raw Story

The pattern from Bush's second term suggests that the dismissals were half of a two-pronged approach: While getting rid of prosecutors who did not adhere closely to administration priorities, such as rigorous pursuit of immigration violations and GOP allegations of voter fraud, White House and Justice officials have seeded federal prosecutors' offices with people on whom they can depend to carry out the administration's agenda.

Justice officials defend their record of U.S. attorney selections, saying that among Bush's choices since the start of his first term, a larger share have had experience as federal prosecutors than those of President Bill Clinton. One Justice official acknowledged that a number of administration insiders have been chosen but said there was no concerted effort to do so.

"If we have eight U.S. attorneys dismissed because they were not 'loyal Bushies,' then how many of the remaining U.S. attorneys are?" asked Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), borrowing a phrase that Gonzales's former chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson, used in an internal e-mail to describe criteria by which prosecutors were chosen to be fired.

Gonzo, It's Time To Go!!

by S-Q @ 9:40 PM MDT

National Review

March 28, 2007
By The Editors

What little credibility Gonzales had is gone. All that now keeps him in office, save the friendship of the president, is the conviction of many Republicans that removing him would embolden the Democrats. It is an overblown fear. The Democrats will pursue scandals, real or invented, whether or not Gonzales stays. But they have an especially inviting target in Gonzales. He cannot defend the administration and its policies even when they deserve defense. Alberto Gonzales should resign. The Justice Department needs a fresh start.