Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns (At Last)

[wendybeth]

Well, Bush may be a lame duck, but Cheney is probably not yet ready to cede power- he intends to be a player as long as he can. So, I'm a bit suspicious as to the timing here; if Gonzales resigns now, they can get what is bound to get drug out in public over with, and have that much time to clean up and shore up. Gonzales was not going to go one minute, then the next he's suddenly had it? I don't buy that for a second, unless there is some deal going down that we don't know about yet.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I'm not sure where I heard it (probably NPR), but I believe that anyone who wasn't going to stay with the president until the end was supposed to resign before labor day, so this may not be the last resignation this week.

[Tref]

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales returned to his office to-day after apparently forgetting that he had resigned at a press conference only minutes before. "I don't recall resigning,” said a confused Gonzales. According to witnesses, Gonzales was surprised to find Solicitor General Paul Clement occupying his former office. After aides explained that he had, only moments before, resigned from the position of Attorney General, Gonzales reportedly replied, "I was Attorney General? Whoa!"