The President and the AG So President Bush actually feels more confident about Alberto Gonzales after Gonzales testified before Congress last week.

As the Times puts it, Bush's vote of confidence in Gonzalez...

...indicated that Mr. Bush, at least for now, has concluded his attorney general can weather the challenge to his leadership at the Justice Department, barring any evidence of wrongdoing.

Maybe so. But does Bush realize that the real damage Gonzalez is inflicting is to him? In putting his credibility on the line for an incompetent apparatchik, the president makes himself look stupid, and gives Americans even less reason to respect him than we already have.

Of course, there's always the possibility that Bush figures we've lost all respect for him anyway, so what difference does it make?

Actually, that's not entirely nuts....  ¶ 10:22 AM