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I disagree with the agreeable Ann Coulter. I remember Souter confirmation. I remember being nervous about Souter. We were asked by the socially liberal Republican, Warren Rudman, to trust him. Sceptics abounded, but many clammed up and let it fly. Our conservative instincts were dead on, Souter is a disaster.

On the other hand, Bush 43 has NEVER let us down. I trust this guy way more than his father. I am delighted with this pick.

I understand Ann's point, which I think mostly is that she wanted Bush to pick an "in-your-face" type of nominee, but my instincts, along with my complete trust in Bush 43, leads to my confidence that Roberts will turn out to be a great, Scalia/Thomas type pick.

I bet I'm right.

Also, didn't Souter come right on tails of the Bork event. The times, and the Senate make-up, were not right for a conservative to make the bench. Truth be told, it was that incident that forever sealed my realization that the Democrats would be capable of ANYTHING to prevent a conservative on the court. When we pick up 2-3 Senate seats in '06, my feeling is that the next TWO justices will be cut from more visible cloth than Mr. Roberts.

Bush was right...not replacing O'Connor with a woman (and leaving that possibility open for the Rehnquist change) keeps the court from "requiring' a status quo. Roberts will get the far left ginned up, but should be able to go through without controversy. Should Bush then nominate Janet Brown (a black woman) to replace Rehnquist during the '06 election season, we will see just how radically far left the Demos will go as their heads are moving toward the ballot 'chopping block.'

Once again, the left has vastly underestimated Mr. Bush's tactics. As long as they believe he's an idiot as they talk amongst themselves, they will never come up with a strategy to beat him. By the same token, we all recognize how diabolical Hillary is, and don't question her intelligence or competency - we KNOW that she is capable of all manner of liberal evil and must be stopped politically before she ever gets in to steal the White House china - and the nation's security - again.