Welcome to Gonzales Watch - Blawging the Ex-Attorney General

Refusing to acknowledge that e-mails and testimony by his former Chief of Staff show that Gonzales was keenly involved in the process of firing U.S. Attorneys, Alberto Gonzales told reporters in Boston yesterday that “[t]here obviously remains some confusion about my involvement.”

White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino defended President Bush yesterday, saying that he still has “100 percent confidence in the Attorney General.”

On Thursday Perino told reporters that presidential appointees essential had to “pleasure” the President, explaining that appointees who “fail to continue to keep the President’s pleasure” will be out of a job.

The Attorney General must be doing something right if he’s still “keep[ing] the President’s pleasure.”  The majority of Congress doesn’t appear to share agree.  Neither do conservative think tank analysts and publications.