Personally, I am more concerned about who Bush appoints to the Supreme Court than I am about who he appoints to the Appellate Courts. I don't want him to use his ammo until we get to that point, and then I want him to open up with everything he's got.
This is all tied to that. These are the potential SCOTUS picks. I really want to see Janice Rogers Brown on the SCOTUS. I think she'd be great. Nothing is stopping the GOP except their own fecklessness.
I thought most SC nominees originate from the Appellate Courts. If he can't appoint real conservatives to the AC then he won't get them on the SC either.