It's over for Alberto Gonzales.
Politico has the story and is reporting that the only real question that remains is: Who will the desperate Republicans persuade (or bribe) to take over the smelly job?
It's also likely that no matter how many heads roll, nothing is going to stop the Democratic Congress from pursuing this matter by following the perpetual smell of something stinking to high heaven in the disgraced White House.
Republican officials operating at the behest of the White House have begun seeking a possible successor to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose support among GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill has collapsed, according to party sources familiar with the discussions.
Among the names floated Monday by administration officials are Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and White House anti-terrorism coordinator Frances Townsend. Former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson is a White House prospect. So is former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, but sources were unsure whether he would want the job.
Republican sources also disclosed that it is now a virtual certainty that Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty, whose incomplete and inaccurate congressional testimony about the prosecutors helped precipitate the crisis, will also resign shortly. Officials were debating whether Gonzales and McNulty should depart at the same time or whether McNulty should go a day or two after Gonzales. Still known as "The Judge" for his service on the Texas Supreme Court, Gonzales is one of the few remaining original Texans who came to Washington with President Bush.
Other names on the GOP wish list:
--Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee
--Ted Olson (2000 election infamy)
--Larry Thompson
--Retired federal judge Laurence H. Silberman
--George J. Terwilliger III
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