Gonzales doesn't make sense, he'd have to recuse himself on just about WOT issue.
Cast your eyes to a 4th circuit little known
conservative woman...
It would be difficult to refuse to confirm Janice Rogers Brown.
No to Gonzales.
How 'bout we wait and see. The people have a great deal to say about the nomination. Sadly, we don't have much to say about the confirmation.
This is the acid test. What Bush does in the fight to replace O'Connor will be more important than anything else he has done in office, even the War on Terror.
There can be no War on Terror if our country is ruled by unelected activist judges, who keep cutting the constitution out from under our feet. NOTHING is more important than to restore the rule of law to our country.
Nominating Gonzalez would be the death of any good will Bush has earned among social conservatives. Small lapses can be forgiven, but this would be a gigantic step in the wrong direction, an unforgiveable betrayal of the base who turned out to work and vote for him in the last three elections. It would kill the conservative revival dead, and give the White House to hillary on a silver platter.
I guess today is the day to mass email the white house "ANYBODY BUT GONZALES" yes?
Good riddance Sad Sandra Day, hello HAPPY DAYS!!!!!
Gonzales is a gun-grabber. KEEP HIM OUT!
Can you remember the last time Bill Kristol was right about anything?
He's completely out of the White House loop. And he's STILL made about it.
President Bush arrives to make a statement about the retirement of Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor in the Rose Garden of the White House Friday, July 1, 2005 in Washington. O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court and a swing vote on abortion as well as other contentious issues, announced her retirement Friday. A bruising Senate confirmation struggle loomed as President Bush selects a successor. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
I just don't see it. Too many good reasons to keep him right where he is. Not least of which as I understand it that he doesn't really want the job.
If it's a hispanic, I think it will be Garza.
Why not Ashcroft? He was Atty. Gen. too...Personally, I would love to see it as the pleasure of watching the reactor core at the DUmp melt down is just too wonderful to imagine!
Maybe Gonzalez goes down in flames as the sacrificial nominee, with Owens or Brown waiting to pick up the easy confirmation vote. I could live with that.
It's really difficult to tell how a potential SCOTUS appointee might act until he gets on the bench. For one thing, he's bound by the Supreme Court's prior decisions in virtually everything he does up until that point, so the fact that he follows them proves nothing. And any intelligent conservative who has any hope of getting to the Supreme Court will be somewhat obscure about what he's really thinking until he gets onto the Court. Any justice with a demonstrable record of conservatism (particularly on abortion) has little hope of actually getting onto the Court.
If Bush appoints Gonzales, I'm guessing that it means he's satisfied that Gonzales will vote to overrule Roe if the opportunity arises. However, wishy-washy Bush may be on some issues, he is certainly not wishy-washy on abortion.
I know the perfect candidate. A black, latino, conservative, woman, with a brilliant mind, and impeachable credentials.
Anybody out there know of one? Of course, the Dems would have to destroy her, because, after all, they're only interested in Liberal Supreme Court Judges being appointed, not minorities. Libs may picture themselves as "tolerant", but they're not that tolerant.
Cry Havoc! Let loose the Dogs of War!
If President Bush is really interested in making a landmark appointment (e.g., first Hispanic, first female African-American, etc.) he should nominate someone who isn't even a lawyer. I've often said that we could use a few clear-thinking engineers or accountants on the Court!
me too.
He is to wishy washy.
The LAST thing we need is another so called swing vote.
I anticipate the spineless republicans will cave into the democrat myth in exchance for a non existent nothing promise for a future "play nice" from democrats.
It is the nevel chamberlin scenario.