If only Democrats were calling for Alberto Gonzales' head, then the administration's insistence that Democrats "like to get headlines more than they like to get the facts" regarding the U.S. attorney firing scandal would make sense. But the administration is continuing to insist that this is a partisan political game at the same time that both Democrats and Republicans think that Gonzales' answers don't add up. Sens. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) all find Gonzales' answers unacceptable. The list of Republican senators calling for Gonzales' resignation includes John McCain (R-AZ), Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Sununu (R-NH), and Gordon Smith (R-OR).

In order for the administration to believably cry "partisan politics," it would have to be just Democrats saying Gonzales should resign. Sadly for them, that's not the case. Now, the Office of Special Counsel is investigating whether or not Karl Rove's aides may have violated the Hatch Act in making political "presentations" to various executive agencies.

Whereas crying foul to Republicans used to work, Republicans are either (1) no longer capable of plausibly following the Bush party line and appearing as though they're upholding the laws, or (2) actually getting sick and tired of all this politicking interfering with national business.