MSNBC: Gonzales "complicit" in torture & abuse but not enough Dem votes

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6871426/

WASHINGTON - Despite allegations that Alberto Gonzales was complicit in the torture and abuse of prisoners in Iraq and at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Senate Democrats do not have the votes to defeat his nomination as attorney general, just as they didn’t have the votes to defeat Condoleezza Rice’s nomination to be secretary of state.

Rice cruised to an 85-13 confirmation Wednesday, and it appears nearly certain that Gonzales, too, will win approval, with at least a few Senate Democrats backing him, when the Senate votes, probably next Wednesday.

The big political news in Wednesday’s Rice vote was that strongly pro-Iraq war Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana voted against her confirmation.

“She has been a principal architect of policy errors that have tragically undermined our prospects for success in this endeavor,” Bayh told the Senate. “Those in charge must be held accountable for mistakes; we must learn from them, correct them, so that we may succeed in Iraq.”