
Halleluya!
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned.
It now seems to me that he did not want to resign at a moment that it could be seen as ’surrendering to the Democrats.’ Instead of resigning once it became clear that he has been a more than horrible Attorney General (to put it mildly), Gonzales seems to have decided to wait a couple of months and then to submit and announce his resignation.
Gonzales submitted his resignation Friday already (via telephone). However, Bush did not want to announce it because he first wanted to have lunch with Alberto and his wife.
Read more at The Gazette (fixed the link).