memeorandum: The Ghosts of Anbar, Part II of IV (Michael Yon)

6:30 PM ET, August 27, 2007

Top Items:

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.

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.

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Carpetbagger Report, The Next Hurrah, The Left Coaster, About.com U.S. Politics, Debbie Schlussel, Democrats.com, Booman Tribune, Cliff Schecter, TPMmuckraker, The Xsociate Files, WorkingForChange and Agitprop

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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Politico, protein wisdom, Captain's Quarters, MSNBC, Think Progress, Democratic National Committee, Comments From Left Field, Town Called Dobson, The Swamp and The Caucus

Howard Schneider / Washington Post:

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns … RSS Feeds (What's This?) E-Mail Newsletter | Live Discussions | Politics Podcast (FAQ) — PHOTOS AND VIDEO FROM POLITICS > … P3: Post Politics Podcast — Political headlines, interviews, audio reports, and more. — Listen: MP3

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, News Groper, ACSBlog, The Strata-Sphere, Strategist, The Reaction and The Newshoggers

CNN Political Ticker:
Senior admin. officials: Chertoff may get nod

Discussion: The Swamp, Associated Press, Comments From Left Field, PoliBlog (TM) and Talking Points Memo

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

Discussion: Think Progress and Daily Kos

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

Discussion: TalkLeft and MyDD

Mike Allen / The Politico:
Embattled Gonzales quits at last

Discussion: The Swamp, TPMmuckraker, The Caucus and The Hill

Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Meet the (Temporary) New Attorney General

Discussion: Comments From Left Field

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

Discussion: The Politico

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

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Hullabaloo, The Carpetbagger Report and Democratic National Committee

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés / The Moderate Voice: Alberto Gonzales' Resignation Speech: That One Odd Line

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

Discussion: The Politico, Firedoglake, Chicago Tribune, The Caucus, Think Progress, The Corner, The Swamp, The Carpetbagger Report and Corrente

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

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

Discussion: Think Progress

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

GOP Senator Larry Craig Arrested For "Lewd Conduct" In Men's Room — Breaking news from Roll Call: … Here's what Craig did that day, according to the incident report filed by plainclothes officer Dave Karsina: … A very quick check of Craig's record on gay issues turns up the fact …

Discussion: AMERICAblog, Taegan Goddard's …, Talking Points Memo, DownWithTyranny!, The Carpetbagger Report, Captain's Quarters, The Corner, Crooks and Liars, The Atlantic Online, Shakespeare's Sister and Blue Crab Boulevard

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

Father Figure — By Jane Hamsher on Mon Aug 27, 2007 at 02:26 pm And Alberto Gonzales did call upon the name of the LORD from the bottom of the pit, and cried "let not your ears be deaf to my lamentations, O LORD!" And verily the LORD did answer: … Craig is up for re-election next year.

Discussion: Think Progress, Booman Tribune, The Atlantic Online and MyDD

Atrios / Eschaton:

On Raising Money — One problem that the "netroots," whatever that is, has is that there's tendency by Democrats to see it as just another player in the interest group checklist politics game. So, sometimes "this will piss off the blogs" is a consideration, and a similar one to …

Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

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.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos and Hullabaloo

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.

Discussion: The Van Der Galiën Gazette, Brian Beutler, Reason Magazine, Crooks and Liars, The Glittering Eye, The Carpetbagger Report and Tim Worstall

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 …

Discussion: Law Blog, Abovethelaw.com and Overlawyered

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.

Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST

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 …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Little Green Footballs and Gates of Vienna

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.

Discussion: Reason Magazine, Moonbattery and Galley Slaves

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 …

Discussion: Wizbang, Daily Pundit, Hang Right Politics, A Second Hand Conjecture and Macsmind

Reuters:

France's Sarkozy raises prospect of Iran airstrikes — In his first major foreign policy speech, French president says diplomatic push by world's powers to rein in Tehran's nuclear program is only alternative to 'Iranian bomb or bombing of Iran' — French President Nicolas Sarkozy …