Republicans say they are aligned with us, but how far have they nudged the pendulum? How far have they moved governance to the right? I am not saying we should all give up. Quite the opposite, we should exert every last ounce of pressure we can on Bush to appoint a conservative. And when he does, we should redirect that pressure to the panzies in the Senate.
Now, if he goes with a Gonzales instead of a conservative, that is it for me. I don't want that to happen, so I am making all the noise I can.
I still think he will appoint a conservative, primarily because he knows there are millions of conservative that will freak out if he doesn't. But let's just all quit pretending that Bush is a principled conservative. He is not a prinipled conservative.
Are you going to take the word of the special interest groups? Which ones?
Are you going to take the word of the media pundits? Which ones?
What are you going to do if, say, the Heritage Foundation likes the pick but Gary Bauer's group doesn't? How will you decide?
The reason I am asking these questions is because I don't have a detailed knowledge of the judges nor now they have ruled in constitutional issues. I have't read one thing written by any of the people whose names are being bandied about as being on the short list.
Therefore, I have to take the word of someone else when deciding if the selection is a good one.
Since I didn't get elected, I don't get to choose. The President does, so I think I will accept his decision. I see no reason to believe that he will fail to keep his campaign promise, which is to nominate strict constructionists. He did NOT promise to nominate a conservative activist. That is an important difference which many people are failing to see.