Decidering

Out of Gonzales' hands.

Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday it's up to
President Bush whether he remains in the administration and said he wants to
stay and explain to Congress the circumstances surrounding the firings of eight
U.S. attorneys.

Way to accept responsibility, Alberto. As someone commented in a dkos thread yesterday, when a Republican says "I accept responsibility" what he means is "shut up and move on." Now he has passed the buck to Bush, who, as we all know, has never admitted to making any mistakes and has never held anyone in his administration accountable - with the possible exception of Rumsfeld, but there are no longer any elections to be lost on Bush's watch - for any mistakes he has made. Katrina? Heckuva job, Brownie. Plame? I will fire anyone involved in it. Iraq? Mistakes were made.

Furthermore, Gonzales has been a loyal lieutenant. Unitary executive theory? Check. Torture? Check. Illegal wiretapping? Check. Firing prosecutors who were not partisan enough? Check. After all, Gonzales was only doing the White House's bidding. I have a feeling we will get a "Gonzales is doing a heckuva job" line out of Bush. Once again, it falls to the Democrats to fix another mess created by Republicans.

Gonzo Gone Gonzo

Otherwise this exchange makes no sense.

A reader transcribed this exchange concerning habeas corpus from today's Senate
Judiciary Committee hearings (no official transcript yet):

Specter: Now wait a minute, wait a minute. The Constitution says you can't take it away except in the case of invasion or rebellion. Doesn't that mean you have the right of habeas corpus?
Gonzales: I meant by that comment that the Constitution doesn't say that every individual in the United States or every citizen has or is assured the right of habeas corpus. It doesn't say that. It simply says that the right of habeas corpus shall not be suspended.

Article I, Section 9: The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

Alberto Gonzales should not only be impeached for his willfully obtuse
interpretations of the Constitution, he should be disbarred.

Here here. This is one thing the Bush administration cannot spin