Gonzalez fate?

Alberto Gonzales is beginning to exude the smell of burnt toast, but the problem for Bush is he doesn't dare dump him. If Gonzales got ticked and decided to squeal, he knows too much. But, even if he didn't squeal, you can bet that others in the DOJ would, particularly once the boss was gone. Further, Bush will have a really difficult time getting a new political hack like Gonzales approved by the Senate. Without a hack in there, he may not be able to prevent the dike from breaking, and he certainly won't be able to go one using the DOJ as a cudgel with which to beat the Democrats over the head. My guess is that Bush is going to try pretty hard to tough this out. That means he's likely to become more pugnacious, not less.

So where does that lead us?