“Hispanics laud nomination, with some concerns.” (Boston Globe )I would hate to think he is going to get a pass at confirmation because he is Hispanic. Other political analysis has called Gonzales an improvement over Ashcroft because he is less strident and his political views less clear. But the niceties of his politics fall by the wayside for me in the face of his calling the Geneva Accords “quaint” and “obsolete” (MSNBC )(no, I am not taking him out of context) and using his position as White House counsel to advise Bush on how to evade the illegality of torturing detainees in Guantanamo and Iraq. (Washington Post) This first heinous appointment of the post-‘mandate’ Bush is where those concerned about his reign should draw a line in the sand.