Your Senate.

Today the Dem-controlled Senate fell well short of passing a resolution calling for withdrawal — while overwhelming passing a measure renouncing the defunding of the war.

Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) is number two.

“For the Justice Department to be effective before the U.S. Senate, it would be helpful” if Gonzales resigned.

Earlier, ABC reported that an email shows that the whole idea of replacing U.S. attorneys originated with Karl Rove.

We’ve got the email for you right here.

Update: I guess the fired prosecutors weren’t “loyal Bushies?”

Update: We’ve just updated with a statement from the Justice Department.

Not looking good. Rep. Dana Rohrbacher is saying Gonzales should go.

TPMmuckraker gets some nice press from the Columbia Journalism Review for being way ahead of the pack on the US Attorney Purge.

Okay, we’ve spent the last couple days putting together a US Attorney Purge timeline stretching from 2001 until this very day. Like all our timelines this is a TPM community project. We’ve got the main information up there. But take a look. If there’s a key date or event we don’t have up there, send us an email and let us know. If at all possible, send us a specific link and citation for what you’re referring to. And, certainly, if you think you’ve found an error, tell us that too.

So take a look and let us know what you think.

My biggest suspicions about the US Attorney Purge, as you know, center on the firing of former San Diego US Attorney Carol Lam, who led the investigation and prosecution of Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA). Well, the guy who broke the Duke story, Copley news service’s Marcus Stern and the Copley team that kept on it until long after Duke was in the slammer — Jerry Kammer, Dean Calbreath, George E. Condon Jr — have written a book. It’s called The Wrong Stuff: The Extraordinary Saga of Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the Most Corrupt Congressman Ever Caught. It’s not out till May, I think. But I can’t wait to read it. Certainly going to be worth picking up a copy.

Good question from TPM Reader TB …

Does anyone know what Fitz’s “rating” was on the loyalty scale sent to Miers by Sampson? Imagine the #$*%storm if they wanted to fire him from his home job to tamp down the Wilson controversy they way they acted on the warrantless wiretaps probe.

Excellent question. I believe the answer is that Fitzgerald’s rating is redacted on the US Attorney ratings list released by the White House.

Sure would be interesting to see the actual document without the redactions.

Poll: Americans oppose Libby pardon by more than three to one.

Today’s Must Read: parsing Karl Rove’s involvement in the purge.