Nail in the Coffin for Gonzales?

I was at first quite skeptical that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales would actually get fired for his role in the US Attorney Scandal. However, the evidence just keeps on mounting that this was indeed done for political reasons and that he was fully knowing of this.

Today, we learned that Gonzales gave two of his aides authority to hire and fire political appointees. Moreover, it appears that Gonzales, nor anyone in the Justice Department, disclosed this delegation of authority to Congress.

Additionally, according to National Journal, an original draft of the delegation of authority was so broad, that neither of the two officials needed to receive approval from Gonzales before dismissing officials.

One can only wonder how much longer Gonzales will be allowed to stick around. It seems that only more information will be recovered in the coming weeks and months and the Attorney General's actions will be further scrutinized. Of course, this also is a nice distraction from Iraq.