This is all speculation and talking points, mainly by the demonRATS, to show they are agreeable and compromising. It is just a ruse to get the conservatives into a verbal war, leaving them battle weary, BEFORE a nomination has been made.
Actually, I think people who are making the suggestion you are making, are trying to lull Conservatives into complacency and shut them up, which truly would be disastrous!
I urge everyone to call your Senators and tell them that Alberto Gonzalez as a Supreme Court nominee, or a Supreme Court Justice nominee is completely unacceptable and will have a severe backlash on the Republican Party.
Every single one of President Bush's nominees MUST be a mainstream conservative (which Alberto Gonzalez is NOT). The configuration of the court must be completely changed. President Bush CAN NOT make the same mistake Reagan did, Unlike Reagan, he will NOT get away with it.