Gonzales faces more Senate questioning

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Gonzales faces more Senate questioning

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer Tue Jul 24, 6:27 AM ET

WASHINGTON - The return of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to the Senate Judiciary Committee is in some ways the story of Democratic failure to drum up enough pressure to force President Bush's hand.

Not so long ago, Republicans as well as Democrats thought they'd seen Gonzales sit before them for the last time as attorney general. There was no way Gonzales could survive the controversy over the prosecutor firings, nor the exposure of other missteps, they said. Certainly he could not resist the widespread calls for his resignation — one, from a Republican — to his face as the proceedings were broadcast live.

They were wrong. Gonzales was called to testify again Tuesday. A Senate vote of no confidence in Gonzales has failed, and Bush has noted that the U.S. attorneys probe did not uncover any clear wrongdoing. And, armed with the president's support, Gonzales has made clear that he does not intend to leave office before Bush does.

Democrats say the wrongdoing is Gonzales' broader failure of leadership that extends to the FBI's abuse of so-called National Security letters and a withered tradition of independence from the political interests of the White House.

"This attorney general has a severe credibility problem," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said in remarks prepared for Tuesday's hearing. "It is time for the attorney general to fully answer these questions and to acknowledge and begin taking responsibility for the acute crisis of leadership that has gripped the department under his watch."

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Here's hoping Leahy has the perjury questions all lined up nice and pretty...just use the time to seal the deal here, cause it's showtime! It's time Gonzo's lying and obstructing is removed...if there's anyone both worthy of immediate impeachment and it could get the votes for a Senate conviction, it's this crook.

to counter his "I can recall" or "I dont have that information" answers. Should be very interesting.

There's Goodling's little ditty about him coaching her before her testimony. There's the follow-ups to McNulty's charges that McNulty hasn't backed down from. There's even more seepage from his cesspool of a Department with the Siegelman revelations and more evidence is coming forth of the DOJ sandbagging prosecutions to their pets.

If Gonzo tap dances through this mine field, he deserves a Fred Astaire award.

Cheers...