President Bush: “I do have confidence in AG Al Gonzales. I talked to him this morning, and we talked about his need to go up to Capitol Hill and make it very clear to members in both political parties why the Justice Department made the decision it made.”
Once they come up with a story they can stick to, I guess Gonzales can go up to the Hill and tell the senators what it is.
Update: Here’s video.
Lawyer to the Netroots Adam Bonin on the campaign reform movement: “It’s not that we don’t trust reform; it’s that we don’t trust the reformers. With good reason.”
Down in Mexico today the president said the US Attorney firings are in fact a “customary practice.” Totally false. We’ll have more in a bit.
According to the president, the whole issue is just “confusion” on the part of folks outside the administration.
To purge or not to purge? Another hole poked in the Justice Department’s claim of “performance related” reasons behind the mass firing.
Exclusive: MoveOn privately demanding that House Speaker Pelosi’s office toughen up bill to end Iraq War.
First Republican senator to call for Alberto Gonzales’ resignation: Sen. John Sununu (R-NH).
More soon.
Update: Here’s the AP story.
The problem wtih having Kyle Sampson as the fall guy — he’s not the only one who knew.