Unlike Mr.Ashcroft, who had a loyal base of supporters among Christian conservatives, Mr.Gonzales had little political support beyond Mr.Bush

Unlike Mr.Ashcroft, who had a loyal base of supporters among Christian conservatives, Mr.Gonzales had little political support beyond Mr.Bush 
By then, Mr.Gonzales was daily fodder for political cartoons and television comedians. Unlike Mr.Ashcroft, who had a loyal base of supporters among Christian conservatives, Mr.Gonzales had little political support beyond Mr.Bush. After an April appearance before the Senate on the United States attorneys controversy, one critic counted 74 times that Mr.Gonzales had said that either he could not recall events or did not know the answer. More...