Reply #51: THanks. So it appears that Gonzales will be the only one who can

[McCamy Taylor]

appoint a special prosecutor, and his job will be to JUST SAY NO, no matter how many Congresspeople, reporters, and concerned citizens badger him to do so.

I believe that Ashcroft may have hurried through his resignation, because he hopes to have a political career beyond the Bush administration and didnt want to have to JUST SAY NO, which would tarnish his future political career in elections.

Gonzales, on the other hand, is hoping for a judicial appointment, so he can JUST SAY NO until he is blue in the face and eventually the GOPers in Congress will reward him with a big fat lifetime Supreme Court appointment.

This is going to be VERY tricky.

Best option may be to implicate Gonzales so that he has to recuse himself on the grounds that he is involved.