Rep. Adam Putnam: Time for Gonzales to Go

NewsMax (yes, NewsMax) reports that another Republican leader has called for Gonzales’ resignation:

Rep. Adam Putnam of Florida, chairman of the Republican conference in the House of Representatives, said it was important for the head of the U.S. Justice Department to have “unwavering” credibility.

“For the good of the nation, I think it is time for fresh leadership at the Department of Justice,” Putnam said in a brief telephone interview. He said a lack of credibility by the Justice Department chief puts in jeopardy the president’s legislative agenda.

Putnam is joining a growing list of U.S. lawmakers expressing a lack of confidence in Gonzales a day after he testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the firing of eight U.S. prosecutors last year. The dismissals raised concerns among Democrats that they were politically motivated.

Normally, if a President would continue to support an Attorney General who is as incompetent and, now, unpopular as Alberto Gonzales it would be astonishing. It would surprise everyone. With Bush it’s not and does not.

Read more at NewsMax and/or my own blog.