President Bush Calls Proposed Senate Vote of "No Confidence" in Alberto Gonzales Meaningless -- And He's Right

   President Bush has called today's proposed no confidence vote in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales "meaningless" -- and for once he's right. The first item in this blog back in February criticized Congress for taking illusory action on the war, so it's no surprise that Congress is taking the same sort of "non-action" on Gonzales.
   The Constitution provides Congress with several ways to express its lack of support of Gonzales. It can attempt to impeach him. Or, it can cut off the money for his department until he leaves. But a vote of "no confidence" doesn't exist in our system, except for those taking the easy way out by attempting to look like they're doing something when they're really not.
   This Congress is fast approaching the low approval numbers in the polls of the incumbent president. Moves like this help explain why.