Power Line: Briar Patch Revisited: "But Senatorial harassment of nominees is rarely about policy, and nearly always about politics. The Democrats' objective, I think, is to tar Gonzales with the Abu Ghraib brush, to give the newspapers grounds to label him as 'controversial,' and thereby (in addition to smearing the Bush administration) to lay the groundwork for opposing him should President Bush ever appoint Gonzales to the Supreme Court."