The Democrats in Congress are dying to work with this administration on the various issues on which Gonzales was involved, but the blatant lying was untenable for both parties and the Dems needed some red meat for their rapidly dwindling base.

Probably Gonzales' ousting was a concensus decision made by members of Congress on both sides of the aisle and delivered to Bush's handlers, who then told Bush this was the only way to go for the good of his own administration.

The Dems are no more eager than the Pugs to reveal the underlying and fundamental constitutional issues behind Gonzales' lying, so the primary issue made by the Dems was the perjury. This was something the Pugs could also get behind to assist in getting the inept and ineffective Gonzales out of the way.

The American people - and the similarly inept Bush himself - seem to have been left out of the loop on the mechanics and politics involved behind his ousting. Ironically and appropriately, this concealment in itself seems to constitute another bi-partison, concensus policy.

Did he jump, or was he pushed?

Oh please.

Al Gonzales was never anything more than a dutiful tool. He never exhibited an independent thought or action. I mean, come on! Gonzagito might as well have been on a leash. Sit! Stay! Down! Roll over! Heel!

He followed commands.

Did he jump?

The only jumping Gonzagito ever did was when Bush told him to jump and he would yell "Jawol, mein herr!"

It seems that Gonzales' synaptic disorders were far more of an impediment than any congressional investigations. I'm surprised he was even capable of making his way to the kitchen in the morning without some sort of memory aid.

I think anything this administration serves up should be accompanied with a fistful of salt, regardless of the topic. They're way past Credibility Gap -- we're in Credibility Canyon country, anymore.

For once, I agree with the President. Gonzalez's job was to turn the DOJ into a branch of the Republican National Committee. All those investigations were clearly impeding Gonzalez's ability to do what he'd been hired to do.

The AG's problem was not all those impudent critics preventing him from doing his job. The AG's problem was the he had not idea what his actual job was. He was doing the job of representing the Bush administration and all its interests to the fullest of his (thankfully) limited ability. Unfortunately, no one told him the AG's job is to represent the people's interest and protect the Constitution.

Good riddance!!!

If Bush's handlers are saying Gonzales was forced out, then the opposite must be true. While I belive Gonzales was never smart enough to do anything other than what he was told to do by Rove, I think he probably finally had enough.

This guy is so stupid and cowardly, I have to believe the administration is shitting their drawers about what this idiot might say.

They are setting up the cover story that anything he might say is due to him being canned. A scorned ex-employee.

In light of these and many other comments on Gonzales's and Bush's cognitive abilities - is the lustre finally beginning to fade from Harvard and Yale yet? Aside from how these two gained entrance to those still-prestigious schools, how were they able to graduate? Does an Ivy League degree on a resume tell us anything positive about a person these days?

I have trouble believing there was a bipartisan effort to oust Gonzo 'for the good of the country'. That's not how things work anymore, if they ever did. Gonzo was the perfect whipping boy for the Dim-Dems, and losing him in that role means they have to do something other than mount a confirmation dance against Chertoff (if he's the nominee).

A legitimate question is whether Bush knew that Bolton and Fielding were working on Gonzo to resign. Bush doesn't know what's good for him or the country, but those more related to reality do, and Bolton and Fielding meet that test. Bush's unwillingness to hear what he doesn't like is well documented at this point. Plus, not unlike Queen Elizabeth I not wanting to sign the death warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots, letting his henchmen operate, technically without his official knowledge, gives him deniability so he can truthfully say (although he's never much cared about the truth) that he didn't abandon Gonzo. He can now maintain his personal loyalty to the little creep, while breathing a sigh of relief that he resigned.

It is equally believable that Bush is angry and petulant as ever over the resignation. Can't let those lily-livered-Defeatocrats win, you know.

One by one, the Rat Pack falls, but unpunished of course. Cheney gnaws further back into the bunker as Condi and Wolfi cringe that they might be next.

Amen.