[Jonathan Adler, August 26, 2007 at 9:17am] Trackbacks
Could Gonzales Be Going?

U.S. News suggests Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may resign and be replaced by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Sounds like a good idea to me (if a little late).

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MacGuffin:
Why is Newsweek posting stories on U.S. News &World Report's website?
8.26.2007 11:23am
Jonathan H. Adler (mail) (www):
Oops! Brain leak. Error fixed.

JHA
8.26.2007 11:41am
guest:
Rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic much?
8.26.2007 12:04pm
Ella (www):
Because what DHS really needs is a little more upheaval.
8.26.2007 12:41pm
markm (mail):
Is there anything in Chertoff's record at DHS that could make you think that this is an improvement? Aside from the sheer unlikelyhood of finding anyone else as bad as Gonzo, that is. I'm beginning to suspect that Bush has some sort of perverse talent for picking incompetents that could overcome those odds...
8.26.2007 12:52pm
Justin (mail):
I don't think that's right. Chertoff wouldn't be the choice, because the confirmation battle would be lined against Gonzales.

Unless Bush just appoints Chertoff as a recess appointment, I guess.
8.26.2007 1:03pm
Steven Lubet (mail):
Chertoff hasn't exactly exemplified leadership or competence -- FEMA; gut-driven threat levels -- but I think he is regarded as relatively non-partisan and thus would be a relatively conciliatory choice as AGAG's successor.
8.26.2007 1:48pm
Oren (mail):

Rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic much?


I thought Colbert settled this thing in '05 - the administration is not sinking, it's soaring. They are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg.
8.26.2007 2:04pm
Kovarsky (mail):
Well, the left wing smear machine appears to be close to taking down this principled man.
8.26.2007 2:26pm
tvk:
Nobody is saying that Chertoff is a partisan hack. In fact, very few people are even saying he is outright incompetent. And I am sure that the Justice Department was always going to be a better home for Chertoff (giving his legal background) than the DHS. But you have to expect a bruising confirmation battle given the high-profile messes that DHS has been through. Unless there are no other candidates, why would Bush want to put his administration and Chertoff through a media circus?
8.26.2007 6:46pm
Gary McGath (www):
I'm wondering whether this will mean a vacancy in Homeland Security, or whether Bush is proposing that the same person head HS and Justice. The latter would be really, really bad.
8.27.2007 11:55am