ABC: BushCo prepared to "hang tough" - believe Gonzo resignation would embolden the enemy(aka Dems)

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/03/sources_say_whi.html

Sources Say White House Digging In

ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg reports: White House sources say President Bush is not considering replacing Gonzales, and sources close to Gonzales say the attorney general is prepared to "hang tough." They now see this fight as one of principle--Bush believes Gonzales did nothing wrong, that advisers did nothing wrong--and that Bush has unilateral power to replace all US attorneys. Bush will not demand Gonzales' resignation based, as he sees it, on a "successful effort to make something out of nothing."

Moreover, there is growing concern inside the administration that a Gonzales resignation would only embolden Democrats to push for more--much as they picked up steam during the judicial filibusters, to the point that they were able to pick off any Bush nominee.

Sources say Bush will insist he has offered the Hill "unprecedented access" to internal deliberations on the most sensitive of personnel issues. He has agreed to allow his closest advisers to be interviewed on the Hill, which he believes is a "considerable accommodation," since he has the right to deny Congress access to his senior staff.

The letter is the best and final offer, these sources say. The White House will not agree to testimony in a formal, public hearing, and it will fight subpoenas, if issued. Bush will insist that his proposal is sufficient if Congress is "interested in the facts." But Senate Democrats already have said it's not enough--which paves the way for a legal battle over separation of powers and executive privilege--a battle the White House is willing to fight.

[bryant69]

1. I'm already emboldened!

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[NightWatcher]

2. Ok, they can all hang together

it just means bigger gallows

[bdamomma]

3. I would love to kick all their a$$es out of their positions right now

what liars, * said the same thing about Rumsfeld. Subpoenaed them under oath.

[Solly Mack]

He's gonna be a bitter-ender then?

Stupid

[Virginia Dare]

7. Yep, STUCK on STUPID...n/t

[bullimiami]

4. the 'enemy' is the overwhelming majority of this country and

those annoying laws and constitution.

[npincus]

5. more pearls of wisdom from the man who's ALWAYS wrong.

[Virginia Dare]

6. Freedom's on the march, scumbag!

I guess you've proven over and over that tromping all over the Constitution is "nothing" to you, we'll guess what it's "something" to us, we'll see who's right.

By the way, how's that stay the course shit working for you in Iraq?

[Hepburn]

8. To me the solution is to...

... impeach Gonzales. The facts are there. If Bush wants to hang tough, then fine ~~ hang Gonzales REAL tough, impeach the bastard.

[Virginia Dare]

9. Why not go for the two-fer of Rove and Gonzales...

better yet, the trifecta.

[Beelzebud]

10. Yeah we wouldn't want to embolden America (a.k.a. The Enemy)