backpedaling on gonzales

after reading this article, i am officially flip-flopping from my earlier position concerning the gonzales nomination. as my below post explained, my #1 reason for accepting gonzales as AG is that it would keep him off the supreme court. apparently, that is not the case. as the nytimes reported today:

Republicans close to the White House said on Thursday that the choice of Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general was part of a political strategy to bolster Mr. Gonzales's credentials with conservatives and position him for a possible Supreme Court appointment.

with my other reason falling by the wayside yesterday, i now see absolutely no advantage in letting this appointment go through.

...actually, atrios seems to have the best idea of what to do with the gonzales nomination. i just hope the judiciary committee has enough of a spine to be that critical.