Alberto Practices!

Poor Alberto! His job is hanging on it's last thread. Seems like there are fewer people that support him now. But Bush is loyal to his old friend. (Loyal or scared?)

If you have nothing to hide, why would you have to practice to answer questions for the Judicial Committee of the Senate? If you were doing your job, shouldn't you have the answers at your finger tip? He's meeting with people to plan a strategy. He will practice testifying.

Here's more from the Washington Post about how Alberto is preparing:

Gonzales Prepares to Fight for His Job in Testimony

By Dan Eggen and Paul KaneWashington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, April 5, 2007; Page A01

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has retreated from public view this week in an intensive effort to save his job, spending hours practicing testimony and phoning lawmakers for support in preparation for pivotal appearances in the Senate this month, according to administration officials.

After struggling for weeks to explain the extent of his involvement in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, Gonzales and his aides are viewing the Senate testimony on April 12 and April 17 as seriously as if it were a confirmation proceeding for a Supreme Court or a Cabinet appointment, officials said.

Ed Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman, and Timothy E. Flanigan, who worked for Gonzales at the White House, have met with the attorney general to plot strategy. The department has scheduled three days of rigorous mock testimony sessions next week and Gonzales has placed phone calls to more than a dozen GOP lawmakers seeking support, officials said.

After all the damning testimony by Kyle Sampson, and another Dept. Official refusing to testify (Monica Goodling), Gonzales will really have to make the case that he is competent to stay.

The other problem I see, right now, is the actions David Iglesias will take against the reason for his firing.

More from the WaPo:

Gonzales and senior Justice lawyers have so far received little assistance from the White House and cannot consult with some of his closest aides, including Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty, officials said.

"We are hampered because some senior officials are not able to discuss the facts as they know them in the same room, for fears of additional accusations of misleading Congress," said one Justice official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent a letter to Gonzales on Tuesday, asking for "appropriate firewalls" between potential witnesses involved in the firings.

"Our question to you is: Who do we talk to at the Department of Justice?" Leahy and Whitehouse wrote. "The office of the Attorney General appears to be hopelessly conflicted."

Several central players in the prosecutor saga are out of the Justice Department building altogether. They include Gonzales's former chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson, who resigned last month, and senior counselor Monica M. Goodling, who is on indefinite leave and who yesterday reiterated her refusal to answer questions from Congress. Michael J. Elston, McNulty's chief of staff, also began a scheduled personal leave this week after submitting to six hours of congressional interviews last Friday, officials said.

The president may have the right to fire his US Attorneys, but the people of the United States have the right to have a competent administration and the right to the truth!