March 19, 2007
Conservative Analyst: Gonzales’ Chances of Survival As A.G. “Slim to None”
When a well-respected researcher at a conservative think tank in Washington known for cranking out Bush-friendly positions and endorsements calls U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ chances of surving in office “slim to none,” it looks like the Texas lawyer’s days are numbered.
Norman Ornstein, a political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, told ABC News that “the chances of the attorney general surviving this, I think, are slim to none — and slim just left the building.”
Ornstein’s work on campaign finance law played a key role in the McCain/Feingold campaign finance reform law that was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in McConnell v. F.E.C. The Justices upheld most provisions of the law in a 5-4 ruling in 2003.
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[…] Enterprise Institute resident scholar and think-tank analyst Norman Ornstein continued reiterating his position that the White House and Dept. of Justice must deal with a […]