Confidence in Gonzales Failing

After Tough Week, Gonzales Says He Remains Focused - washingtonpost.com: "'This attorney general doesn't have anybody's confidence,' said one GOP adviser to the White House, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so he could be candid. 'It's the worst of Bush -- it's intense loyalty for all the wrong reasons. There will be other things that come up, and we don't have a guy in whom we can trust.'

Gonzales has always had an uncertain relationship with conservatives, many of whom opposed talk of appointing him to the Supreme Court and suspect that the former Texas state judge is more liberal on abortion and other social issues than they would like. Gonzales's predecessor, John D. Ashcroft, by comparison, was a conservative celebrity who once pondered a run for the White House as an evangelical Christian candidate."