On this morning's "Face The Nation" Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) was asked if he would support a vote of "No Confidence" for
May 19, 2007

FTN-Specter-Gonzales On this morning's "Face The Nation" Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) was asked if he would support a vote of "No Confidence" for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. While Specter stopped short of answering the question, he did suggest that Gonzales would step down to avoid the embarrassment of such a vote in Congress.

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Schieffer: "What leads you, Senator, to the conclusion that he will probably step down before such a vote is taken?"
Specter: "Because of the likelihood of a very substantial vote of no confidence, and I think that if and when he sees that coming that he would prefer to avoid that kind of an historical black mark."

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