SECOND REPUBLICAN SUGGESTS GONZALES SHOULD GO

[babylonsister]

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/03/second_republic.html

Second Republican suggests Gonzales should go

A second Senate Republican stepped forward today to suggest that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should leave his post because of the way the Justice Department handled the firings of eight federal prosecutors, USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely tells us.

"For the Justice Department to be effective before the U.S. Senate, it would be helpful" if Gonzales resigned, Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., told Kiely.

Meanwhile, GOP Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota said he is "deeply concerned about how this whole process has been handled." Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said he was "withholding judgment" on Gonzales' tenure, but characterized the attorney general's explanations for the firings as "unacceptable" and "mystifying."

Wednesday, Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., told Kiely that "if I were the president, I would fire the attorney general."

As we reported earlier, the Senate Judiciary Committee today authorized subpoenas for five Justice Department officials who had a role in the dismissals to testify in the panel's ongoing investigation of the matter.

[monmouth]

1. I'm guessing by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. The Friday news dump.. n/t

[MnFats]

2. coleman scrambles for cover! but i gotta say my jaw dropped when Sununu

went off on Gonzales.....he's so repub through and through ....but perhaps he does have an inkling of the consequences for his party if this doesn't get settled soon...

[babylonsister]

4. I've read he's also up for re-election next year, which might

have influenced him.

[partylessinOhio]

3. It don't mean a thing while they keep the nut behind the wheel - *.

:mad: