The Ebb and Flow

The reason it would be advantageous for the White House to fire Abu G, while he's worse as a firewall for Rove in the DoJ than out on the street, is that every time a new piece of the scandal comes into focus, like James Comey's amazing testimony this week, calls for his resignation spike. These are very negative days for the Bush Administration, and Gonzales is nothing more than a loss leader. Feinstein and Schumer may call for a no-confidence vote. Pat Roberts, Chuck Hagel, John McCain, and now Norm Coleman have called for his ouster in the last couple of days. He's not helping the cause in any way, and the stubbornness keeping him in office could bring down the whole government (yes, I said it).

Why would you want a situation in place where every news story elicits a "Gonzales should resign" headline?

UPDATE: By the way, the President won't comment on whether or not he made the call to send Gonzales and Card to the hospital to get a sedated Ashcroft to sign on to the warrantless wiretapping program (or whatever it was). They don't seem to understand that, if Gonzales resigns, some of the heat of this scandal goes away. I don't think it should, but realistically it will. Until then, the questions over this lawlessness will mount. See also Greenwald on how this government has operated outside the law for years and nobody seems to get it.