Nobody's debating that Bush knows gonzales well. But if Bush nominates Gonzales, that doesn't transform Gonzales into a conservative. Gonzales has made it clear to everyone who has heard him on the subject that he's not opposed to racial favoritism, and he's clearly not opposed to eminent domain abuses. If Bush nominates him, that will be a sign that Bush isn't a conservative on such key legal issues, either.
Show me where he's said those things.