The White House on Sunday dismissed Senate plans to hold a no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday and said the outcome will not undermine President Bush's support of him."Not a bit. Purely symbolic vote," presidential spokesman Tony Snow said. He was asked on Fox News Sunday whether Bush might reconsider his decision to support Gonzales should a sizable number of Republican senators vote for the no-confidence resolution.
"It is perfectly obvious that the president has the right to hire and fire people who serve at his pleasure," Snow said.
The Senate planned to debate Monday the one-sentence measure that declares Gonzales "no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people."
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The only thing that *does* seem to have any meaning to him, is his own opinion.