You see? That wasn't so hard now was it?
Now we know where you stand, and from what viewpoint you derive your opinions.
I just happen to disagree with you, but that's life.
Fair enough. I believe that President Bush's interests conflict with that of the people of the United States of America in several areas, and that he cannot always be trusted. In this case - as in others, e.g. immigration, spending, the relationship with Saudi Arabia - I think the nomination is more the product of his personal intersts than that of the country. Where he works for the nation's well-being, I am quick to support him. Where he works against it I oppose him.
Moreover I have a lot of unresolved concerns about the nominee herself, as enumerated in previous posts I have made here on the subject.
Knowing the President is as accomplished a strategic actor as he is, I wonder if this nomination may be a ploy. The expected scenario was that the nominee would be opposed vehemently by the Left, which would place a rightward limit the President's choices. Perhaps instead he has contrived to put a leftward limit on what the Democrats could hope for by reversing the situation and provoking the vehement opposition from the Right. But even if so, I don't like it, because with the lack of spine evident in the Senate GOP she just might make it in.