United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez
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Well, significant news has broken this morning as the major news outlets, from the BBC to the NYT, have all stated that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned.

Now, this news isn't as surprising as it could be, with the Bush white house trying to weed out so-to-speak those that won't, or shouldn't stay till 2008, but even so Gonzalez seemed like he'd fight to the end. Eventually I guess the pressure just gets to be too much, and one can't deny that after awhile you'd imagine he'd be in serious trouble with penalties perhaps for those controversial firings of federal prosecutors.

Now I know for my part he will not be missed, as his time as Attorney General has lead to almost as many, if not more, suspicions than can be found in Rove-Plame. However, I can appreciate the idea that maybe Alberto Gonzalez finally knew when to get out. Many, especially people like me, have equated Bush's presidency to that of a sinking ship, getting closer and closer to the turbulent ocean; however, maybe with the removal of Gonzalez and Rove the White House feels they can at least either plug up the hole, or potentially make it to shore.

If so, I applaud the pressure on Gonzalez, because keeping him around was more like an anchor than a buoy, but I'm remiss that his memory may never return, and that we'll never hear voiced aloud the answer to why those Federal Prosecutors were fired. That's ok Gonzalez, because at this point I think we can fill in the pieces of the puzzle just find.

References:
BBC News: Bush ally Gonzalez 'steps Down'