The Daily Background

CLINTON:

“The buck should stop somewhere and the attorney general — who still seems to confuse his prior role as the president’s personal attorney with his duty to the system of justice and to the entire country — should resign… I’m deeply disturbed by what we have learned thus far and I join those who are calling for a full and thorough investigation to try to get to the bottom of these very political decisions that interfere with prosecutorial responsibility by U.S. attorneys, and I think that the attorney general should resign.”

EDWARDS:

“Attorney General Alberto Gonzales betrayed his public trust by playing politics when his job is to enforce and uphold the law. By violating that trust, he’s done a great disservice to his office. If White House officials ordered this purge, he should have refused them. If they insisted, he should have resigned in protest. Attorney General Gonzales should certainly resign now.”

OBAMA:

“I opposed Mr. Gonzales’ nomination, in part, because he had shown in his role as White House Counsel a penchant for subverting justice to serve the President’s political goals, and I feared that in an Attorney General. Sadly, the latest revelations underscore my concern. Americans deserve to know who in the White House is pulling the strings at the Department of Justice, and why. Anyone involved should appear under oath and answer these questions.”

BIDEN:

“Well, I think he should consider [resigning]… I think he’s lost the confidence of a significant number of the members of the Senate. I mean — this is not the only event.”

RICHARDSON:

[no statements on Gonzales]

DODD:

[no statements on Gonzales]

KUCINCH:

[no statements on Gonzales]

GRAVEL:

[no statements on Gonzales]

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