Unfortunately, this actually opens up the possibility of SC appointment, because once he passes through the Senate once, probably a good chance he could make it again...

Decius wrote:
] bucy wrote:
] ] ] WASHINGTON - With a hug and words of high praise,
] ] ] President Bush (news - web sites) named Alberto Gonzales
] ] ] as attorney general on Wednesday, elevating the
] ] ] administration's most prominent Hispanic to a highly
] ] ] visible post in the war on terror.
] ]
] ] He isn't great but better than Ashcroft, probably.
]
] The problem with Ashcroft was his abuse of the Patriot act for
] investigations unrelated to Terrorism. I have serious doubts
] that the guy who created the administration's weasly policies
] on enemy combatants and torture, and who ended 50 years of
] American Bar Association vetting of federal judges because the
] radical wing of the Republican party doesn't like the
] constitution, is going to be a super great AG. The only
] blessing here is that they didn't put him on the Supreme Court
] bench.
]
] See the story I'm linking:

RE: Bush Picks Gonzales to Succeed Ashcroft