Replacing Gonzales

This is stereotypically shrill blogger of me, but I think Brian Beutler's right that there's no sense in writing about how Bush "should" appoint a widely respected Attorney-General who'll restore the nation's confidence in the neutral administration of justice. At this stage in the game, one knows that the leopard doesn't change its stripes. Besides which, I'm still fairly convinced that the White House is going to be looking for a fight over its nominee's confirmation believing that, at this point, the most important political task for Bush is to continue the post-immigration efforts to reconsolidate his base.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/08/replacing-gonzales/46004/