Wishful thinking

Does a political resignation ever happen in a way which is "entirely voluntary"? It seems difficult to believe it of Alberto Gonzales. Gerard Baker in The Times is obviously someone whose glass is perennially half-full:

Perhaps the biggest surprise behind the resignation yesterday was that it seems to have been entirely voluntary.
Unlike the removal of Donald Rumsfeld as Defence Secretary last year – a decision made by Mr Bush in the teeth of growing domestic political fury over the Iraq war – Mr Gonzales was not forced from office.
In a somewhat testy statement yesterday Mr Bush said that he had accepted the resignation “reluctantly” and loudly bemoaned the fact that Mr Gonzales’s name had been “dragged through the mud for political reasons”. Other reports said Mr Bush had only “grudgingly” agreed to it when Mr Gonzales offered it last Friday.
It seems that the Attorney-General had finally decided after a summer break from the maelstrom of Washington that he could simply no longer tolerate the heat and opprobrium he generated.
Though Mr Bush may be disappointed, other Republicans are likely to be much happier. There is little more than a year to go in the Bush Administration, but there are still important political-judicial decisions in the Attorney-General’s in-tray.
Being able to confront these issues with fresh blood, someone not tainted by the US attorneys issue, will give the Administration and its Republican allies a much better chance of achieving their objectives.

"Achieving their objectives"? Sure, sure, whatever. Dream on, pal.