I trust Kristol is wrong.
If Bush nominates Gonzalez I'm finished with Bush. NOTHING could change my mind, not even a failure of the nomination to go through. Sorry, but it would undo everything Bush has accomplished so far, and consign him to the trash. Nominating a pro-abort, squishy RINO to SCOTUS because he happens to be Bush's friend would be a huge mistake.
I don't want to see hillary become president, but it might happen, because this would cause a meltdown of the whole Republican party.
Hopefully Kristol is wrong. But I would no more forgive Bush for such a move than I would forgive Chirac.
Don't forget his National Council of La Raza ties, which I'd have expected out of a Democrat nominee but NEVER out of a GOP nominee. I don't know whether it's a blind friendship thing (though I hear they've only been friends for the last 12 years which is less time than I've been out of college) or a "pandering to who I think hispanic voters like" thing.
Either way, Gonzalez leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Being a Libertarian is just looking better and better all the time.
Let's hear your brilliant reasons for calling Judge Gonzales "pro-abort." Exactly what is it that makes him a "squishy RINO," to again use your words? Have you read any opinion Judge Gonzales wrote while he was on the Supreme Court of Texas? Can you read?