I blogged yesterday on Ashcroft's increasingly tenuous position within the administration. I thought it interesting that the right was starting to pile on Ashcroft. The latest installment is Robert Novak's "Ashcroft puts a big scare in White House".

[A]fter 16 months in office following a brutal confirmation process and nine months of fighting terrorism, Ashcroft seeks the spotlight as if he were still a senator contemplating a presidential run.