memeorandum: Embattled Gonzales quits at last (Mike Allen/The Politico)

4:30 PM ET, August 27, 2007

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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:

Gonzales Resigns as Attorney General — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.

CNN:

Attorney General Gonzales resigns, officials say — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned, senior administration officials told CNN Monday. — Many lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have long called for his ouster after the firing of several U.S. attorneys in 2006.

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Think Progress:

CNN: Bush Plans To Install Inexperienced, Bush Loyalist Clay Johnson At Homeland Security — This morning, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reported that "very senior level sources" inside the administration are telling her that Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff will replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

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Howard Schneider / Washington Post:

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Mike Allen / The Politico:

Embattled Gonzales quits at last — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned this morning, long after he had become a persistent embarrassment to President Bush. — The acting attorney general will be Solicitor General Paul Clement, who can stay in the job for months, administration officials said.

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CNN Political Ticker:

Senior admin. officials: Chertoff may get nod — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush may nominate Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General, senior administration officials told CNN Monday. — Chertoff, 53, previously sat on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court …

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Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Bush: "It's Sad" that Gonzales Resigned

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
RECESS APPOINTMENT — Judged by the standards of our history …

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Democrats' responsibility in the wake of Gonzales' resignation

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Michelle Malkin:
Alberto Gonzales resigns...effective Sept. 17, 2007 Update: Bush …

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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Bush Press Conference on Gonzales at 11:50

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White House:
President Bush Discusses Resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

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Frank James / The Swamp:
White House shopping Homeland Security job?

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Washington Post: Gonzales-Bush Loyalty a Two-Way Street

Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Alberto Gonzales: End of An Error

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Andrew Cohen / Bench Conference:
Good Riddance — When historians look back upon the disastrous tenure …

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: A Socialist Plot — We offer free education because giving every child a fair chance is the American way. And we should guarantee health care to every child, for the same reason.

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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

Turkee Make Them Lookie — Atrios: … Darcy Burner on Act Blue: … Total raised for Darcy across ActBlue: $87,818. — Groups like Emily's List come in with a check for a hundred thousand dollars and can pretty much demand to control messaging on a Congressional campaign.

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Atrios / Eschaton: On Raising Money

sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov:

Lunar Eclipse Diagrams — The following diagrams show the Moon's path through Earth's shadows (higher resolution versions of the above figure). The times of major stages of the eclipse are given for a number of time zones in North America. Please choose the diagram for your own time zone.

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:

More Staff Trouble in Thompson Campaign — Linda Rozett, the communications director for former Sen. Fred Thompson's (R-Tenn.) presidential bid, has left the campaign, according to an internal e-mail obtained by The Fix. — "It is my duty to let you know that Linda Rozett is no longer with our committee …

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The Atlantic Online:
Change In Thompson Press Team Signals Power Of New Campaign Manager

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Beldar / beldar.blogs.com:

Sen. Kerry permits last statute of limitations for defamation to lapse, forever barring any defamation claim against SwiftVet authors O'Neill and Corsi — When I first brought it to his attention in September 2005, I reminded Sen. John F. Kerry that — based on the publication date on or about August 25 …

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Catherine Donaldson-Evans / Fox News:

Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won't Run 'Opus' Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam — A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim fundamentalists.

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New York Times:

Unauthorized Enjoyment of Song Irks Law Firm — It sounds like the setup for a joke: a law firm picks a fight with a legal blogger over the leak of an internal song celebrating — well, itself. — First, the song: after the law firm Nixon Peabody was named to Fortune magazine's 2007 list …

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Opinion Journal:

The 'Blue Dog' Moment — So far, they're spending like other Democrats. — A high-stakes budget showdown is shaping up this fall between President Bush and Congressional Democrats. The debate will also be a moment of truth for the so-called "blue dog" Democrats: the 48 self-described fiscal conservatives …

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thelocal.se:

Iran protests over Swedish Muhammad cartoon — Iran summoned a Swedish diplomat to its foreign ministry on Monday to protest against a cartoon in a Swedish newspaper depicting the head of Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body, Sweden's foreign ministry said. — "Gunilla von Bahr …

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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:

Democrats Reject Earlier Arguments on Iraq — Democrats and war opponents have for months argued for a withdrawal from Iraq, partly on the grounds that neither the people of Iraq nor its government would seriously attempt reconciliation so long as the U.S. commitment there seemed open-ended.

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