Gonzales

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Are we headed into a full blown Constitutional crisis, or will they just stonewall for the next xteen months till the point is moot?

Gonzales is nothing more than an administration lightning rod. While he remains dangled out there, the administration is probably divorcing itself of Gonzales - similar to what happened to Harvey Pitts of the SEC, Michael Brown of FEMA or John Bolton in the UN. While Gonzales dangles, then criticism is not challenging other parts of the administration. And when Gonzales is removed, blame resides with Gonzales; not the administration.

Different is what happened in Watergate. Once John Sirrica let those Watergate burglar know how severe their punishment would be, then the house of cards fell exposing the #1 crook - Nixon.

Currently one third of the nation is more interested in extremist political agendas rather than corruption in this government. Therefore another Watergate is not possible. Currently the Congress does not appear to have something equivalent to Senators Ervin and Baker.