Gonzales hearing is on, now

Gonzales just started speaking. Two Republicans did introductions. One was Specter, who didn't defend Gonzales. The other was Sessions, who is a far-right Bush-loving nutjob. Sessions, who always defends the administration, had nothing good to say about Gonzales. I was shocked. He said that Gonzales should have said "no" when he saw the plan to fire the US attorneys. When Jeff Sessions refuses to defend a Bush official, that official is in serious trouble.

Watch the hearing live on C-Span 3 here.

Ooh, Gonzales just got snippy with Specter, and Specter ripped his head off. Gonzales is clearly approaching the hearing with classic Bush administration attitude - concede nothing as arrogantly as possible. That is not going to serve him well.