"When The President Says He's Standing Behind You, That's When You Should Really Be Concerned"

NY Times DAVID JOHNSTON, SHERYL GAY STOLBERG May 10, 2007 11:53 AM
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales appears increasingly confident that he will survive the crisis over the dismissal of federal prosecutors, as White House aides who view him as a liability see little point in trying to persuade President Bush to push him out, administration officials and Republican allies said.
Though Mr. Gonzales is considered in Congress and in legal circles as an isolated and diminished figure, he has told aides he believes he has weathered the storm. He is expected to testify on Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee about his department's dismissals last year of several United States attorneys.
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