Why should George W. Bush even want a Senate-confirmed attorney general for the remainder of his term? Given that the White House was not soon ready with a replacement nominee when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned on Monday, you have to wonder if the president is in much of a hurry.
Instead, the administration is floating lots of names, just beginning to cull a list of candidates and gradually consulting lawmakers. All this despite knowing for months that Gonzales might have to quit.
Knowing that anyone who might be acceptable to Senate Democrats is probably not going to be someone who is blindly loyal to Bush, the White House could benefit by dragging out the confirmation process as long as possible. No president wants an independent-minded attorney general who might aggressively pursue administration wrong doers. If Bush cannot have such a person formally in the job, he might think that he is better off without anyone at all.
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