And another one gone and another one gone

Alberto Gonzalez finally got the hint and resigned as Attorney General after politicizing and compromising the Justice Department.

They're really dropping like flies over there at the White House. By the end of Bush's term, all that will be left at his side will be his long-suffering, self-medicating wife, Barney the dog, and maybe the non-pregnant twin.

Actually, you can see that Karl Rove's departure has hurt the political spin machine there. Usually news like Gonzalez's resignation would have been dropped on a Friday night (the "garbage dump" as it's called in the p.r. field - putting bad news out on a summer weekend night, when no-one is really paying attention.) Instead they announced it on a Monday morning, and the political world will be buzzing about what it all means for days.

So long, Alberto, we barely knew ye.