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I’ll go along with this.

It’s bad policy to fire someone who is under fire by your enemies. But as long as it’s clear that he’s firing the bloody idiot because he’s an incompetent fool, then by all means fire him.

Gonzalez has never had a conservative constituency. It’s another instance of Bush confusing his personal friends and dinner guests with political allies.

Same disastrous misjudgment as Harriet Miers.

It’s bad policy to fire someone who is under fire by your enemies.

You are right. It is a sign of weakness.

But as long as it’s clear that he’s firing the bloody idiot because he’s an incompetent fool, then by all means fire him.

That will never be clear to your enemies. No matter what you say, they will conclude that their attacks were successful, and they will be emboldened to go after someone else.

It may be true that Gonzales should not have been appointed AG in the first place. But he was, and he is now under attack by the Democrats. This is not the time to go wobbly. Unless Gonzales broke the law, President Bush should wait until the hubbub dies down before asking for his resignation.

Oh, and the "conservatives" who want Gonzales to be fired are doing nothing to help the situation. They should shut up, at least in public.

I'm imagining that it is not a stretch of the imagination that 1/2 of one percent of all voters in VA would have changed a vote if Rumsfeld was gone. That would have been the difference in that race.

Gonzales is WORSE!

His record on civil rights, FISA, and national security letters are such that he provides a very comfortable issue to run against.

Lets face it, the excessive claims that this man has promoted are now longer viable considering the facts.

Two Months Before 9/11, an Urgent Warning to Rice

France warned CIA of hijack plot in 2001

And then the http://www.dougfeith.com/ rush to war.

While the argument persists that we are standing up an IRAQI government, the Cabinet ministers loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr quit the government Monday.

If Gonzales resigns, it at least allows REASONABLE republicans to conclude that there is a 'reality based' approach to national security, rule of law, and administrative stability.

The wheels are coming off and it is as if the driver seems unaware that there is an election looming.

The assesment of the paleocons is this, don't wait until the day after the election to make a change.

But as long as it’s clear that he’s firing the bloody idiot because he’s an incompetent fool, then by all means fire him.

It will never be made clear.

What will be made clear is that the Demrats were right. . .and they 'got him'. . .and then we only have to wait as long as an 'inhale' before they move on to their next target in their 'search and destroy' misson of Bush and entire Administration. . .while using each success against all future Repub candidates as well.