Schumer: Gonzales Must Go

Our own Senator Schumer is the first member of Congress to call for Attorney Generral Alberto Gonzales to resign.

Gonzales has had a pretty bad week to say the least, thanks to, first of, the recent PATRIOT Act problem; Gonzales and FBI director Robert Mueller acknowledged the FBI had broken the law to secretly pry out personal information about people in the U.S. as part of its pursuit of suspected terrorists and spies. This does not bode well for those arguing the PATRIOT Act does not infringe on people's civil liberties.

Then there's the recent federal prosecutor firing scandal. A group of federal prosecutors, all Republicans, were recently fired for "performance problems." These prosecutors complain they were fired for either bringing ethics complaints against Republicans or failing to do so against Democrats...political reasons...not a reason to be fired.

Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware) stated Gonzales is "better off" if he resigned, while Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) remarked that the decision to resign is between Gonzales and President Bush, but vowed to ask tough questions on both issues plaguing the Justice Department.

I don't really think the chances are likely Gonzales will resign at this point, not with only 22 months left in the administration, and Democrats controlling the Senate, which would have to confirm his successor. Barring an impeachable offense against him discovered, I think he goes down with the rest of the administration.