So Alberto Gonzales is going to have his press conference this morning at 10:30 AM to announce his resignation. Why is he going to say he's resigning?

I don't ask this mainly as a news issue, more as a chapter in the never-ending story of bogus explanations for resignations. Somehow, time with the family just won't quite cut it in this case. And 'I felt I'd accomplished my goal of destroying the Justice Department' is probably a bit too candid as well.

So what is it going to be? Some version of my presence had become a distraction? I'd never planned on staying through January 2009? Your guess is as good as mine. All I can add is that Gonzales is probably the best I've ever seen of late in shameless statement of bald face lies. So I could actually see him going with, 'I'd always planned to leave in August 2007'.

We'll see soon enough.