Gonzales resigns. What a nice little un-victory.

Today, Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation as United States Attorney General. Despite the fact that this is being touted as a victory, I have to wonder if it really is or not.

First of all, with Gonzales we knew exactly what we were fighting against. We knew his tactics, and at least knew what to expect. Now that Bush has the opportunity to appoint a new Attorney General, we’ll be stepping back into uncharted waters.

Second, like I just mentioned, Bush now has the opportunity to select someone new. And with the names that are being tossed around (Michael Chertoff of Homeland Security fame for one), we’re not going to be much better off anyway. And is the Senate really going to have the balls to fight Bush on whomever his appointee is? I sincerely doubt it.

As much as I want to count this as a victory, it really is not. We’re just going to end up with some other neocon asshole anyway. I think the moral is that instead of pursuing these small victories that can be easily overturned, we need to forumulate a unified strategy to get these bastards out of office. Again, we really do need to completely clean house.