And Down Goes Fredo
August 27th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation this morning (and by “announced,” we mean muttered a few words and left the podium).
After hearing the news, we were feeling rather prescient. Last week, we were the first to engage in unbridled, and mostly unfounded, speculation that Gonzales might be on the way out. We reported that Gonzales had been spotted at the Texas Capitol. We mused that maybe he was there in search of a job or a possible replacement.
We were kidding, of course. At the time, it seemed it would take an act of God — or at least a particularly tawdry sex scandal — for Gonzales to resign.
Last week, we also squinted into the hazy future and speculated who might replace Gonzales. We observed that Nathan Hecht, the embattled Texas Supreme Court justice, seems to have all the qualities for a Bush cabinet official. If Hecht gets the job, we’re going to buy a stack of lotto tickets and move to Vegas to become tarot card readers.
