Political Prediction

I'm a little worried about U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. He's neck deep in the latest White House scandal: the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, including San Diego's Carol Lam, who built the case against former Republican Congressman, now federal prisoner, Duke Cunningham. Recently revealed evidence suggests these eight public servants lost their jobs not on the basis of poor performance, but because they irritated the president. An e-mail exchange actually published on the front page of The New York Times proves there was even West Wing talk about firing all 93 U.S. attorneys nationwide, just wiping the slate clean, the better to replace them with Bush cronies. None other than Supreme Court justice wannabe Harriet Miers thought up that brilliant idea. But back to Alberto. I'm worried because Bush has been making a big point of saying he has "complete confidence" in him. Normally, if you worked for the president and found yourself in hot water you'd be glad to hear that. But we all know that Bush is a pathological liar. He just can't help it. He lies and lies and lies and seems to naively believe that people still believe him. Well, I don't. And if Alberto Gonzales does, he should do lunch with Michael Brown or Donald Rumsfeld. And then go home and polish up his resume.