NRO’s Byron York: “It has been a disastrous morning for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales…”
It’s really true. Quite apart from the substance of what we’ve learned since mid-January and Gonzales’ past false statements, Gonzales has been surprisingly unable even to keep his made-up stories straight. As near as I can tell, only two Republican members of the committee have been even remotely sympathetic to his testimony. At least two Republican senators called him a liar. One gently — Graham, and another not so gently, Specter.
Sens. Hatch (R) and Cornyn (R) have been pretty embarrassing in their effort to clean up Gonzales’s mess on his behalf. But what’s been most telling is how much they’re the exceptions to the rule. None of the others are making much of any effort to cover for him.
