Senate GOP aide re: DOJ controversies: "It really needs something new to fan those flames"

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http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070312/12gop.htm

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Luckily for the GOP, suggested another aide, the demand for Gonzales's ouster is coming from Sen. Chuck Schumer, who heads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

"We're lucky in that it looks so political coming from the chairman of the senatorial committee," said the aide. "It provides Gonzales with some cover." Still, lawmakers aren't eager to enter the fray and defend the president's attorney general, partly because they already feel overburdened in defending the war. What's more, the lawmakers don't believe that the president is even considering dumping the nation's top lawyer.

"Bush is extremely loyal, so it just won't happen," said an administration official. In addition, with the war debate expected to heat up this week, it is believed that attention to the twin Justice controversies will fade. "It really needs something new to fan those flames," said the Senate GOP leadership aide.

[saltpoint]

1. This scandal will not shrink. It will enlarge. And it's going to take

Abu Gonzales down.

[Dems Will Win]

2. I'll give them something new!

WHY CAROL LAM WAS THE "REAL PROBLEM": $700 MILLION IN PHONY DEFENSE CONTRACTS GIVEN IN RETURN FOR GOP TV ADS & HOOKERS!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x408673

[Halliburton]

3. the hearings will be next week

so if it does die down, it will only be temporary