Why Gonzo Isn't Gone

Despite the revelations about the politicization of federal justice under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, he's in no apparent danger of losing his job. By the Rove/Bush standard, his performance is exemplary. As ordered, he signed off on the firing of at least 8 U.S. Attorneys for political reasons. Then, when testifying before Congress, Gonzales claimed memory lapses that would probably have qualified him for this clinical trial. Now, his former classmates at Harvard Law School are trying to shame him into behaving like someone who actually gives a damn about the law. A letter from several dozen of the Class of 1982 urges Gonzales to:

“... relent from this reckless path, and begin to restore respect for the rule of law we all learned to love many years ago.”

You'd think that folks who graduated from Harvard Law would be smart enough to figure it out: the reason the attorney general still has his job, while underlings fall like dominoes (Deputy AG McNulty is the latest to "resign"), is precisely because he follows the reckless path Rove has mapped out for the DOJ.

Gonzo's safe as long as he continues to show the utter disrespect for the rule of law and the Constitution that he's shown to date.