Welcome to Gonzales Watch - Blawging the Ex-Attorney General

The resected U.K. weekly, The Economist, takes a global view of how political events impact the world, its people, and companies.

That is why it’s most recent issue (Inset: a picture from the cover) makes for a good read.

The magazine concludes that Gonzales has long overstayed his stay in the Bush administration: “Mr Gonzales is a worthy target for political skirmishers: had he an ounce of integrity, he would have resigned long ago for his role in commissioning a memorandum that amounted to a legal defence of torture. And the treatment of the prosecutors is certainly worth fighting over.”

Instead of lashing simply highlighting how dysfunctional the White House and Justice Department have been in the U.S. Attorneys firings scandal, they analyze the impact it’s had upon other people, countries and economies around the world. The editors note that:

“the current civil war in Washington has the making of a tragedy—both for America and for millions of people around the globe. For example, the Doha trade round, with which so many Democrats are keen to play politics, could lift millions of the world’s most wretched inhabitants out of poverty. At home, there is a huge amount president and Congress could and should collaborate on, from immigration reform to the care of the elderly”

America’s supporters in the U.K. are quite candid in their description of contempt for the U.S. Attorney. Last week, the conservative National Review issued a call for Gonzales to resign.

With Gonzales’ testimony before congress scheduled for April 17th, it appears that calls for his resignation from GOP and Democrats in office will only increase.

In the meantime voters, Congress, and America’s allies are caught up in a tidal wave of distrust in the federal government’s ability to hold itself accountable.