[conservatism_IS_compassion]

It is all very well to counsel us to walk in Ann's moccasins; I think we have to walk in President Bush's - And Senator Frist's - as well.

People have urged that Bush nominate to the Supreme Court everyone from Thomas Sowell (my personal favorite BTW) to Janice Rodgers Brown, to Ann Coulter herself. And there is the president and the Senate majority leader, faced with a SCOTUS resignation effective only on the confirmation of her successor - excluding the possibility of a recess appointment - and a Republican Senate majority which resembles nothing so much as a herd of cats.

The reality is that the MSM Party, a.k.a. the "Democratic" Party, is weaker than it has been but it is still able by its flattery and derision to position Conservatives as being "out of the' mainstream'." It takes courage for senators who aren't from red states to do things like change the filibuster rule. And even the senior senator from red state Arizona tugs the Senate to the left. Bottom line, the Senate doesn't have the stomach for a flat-out, out-of-the-closet conservative SCOTUS nominee.

Bush has done as much as he knew how to get a stronger Republican Senate majority, and he has gone from 50-50 to 55-45. But even at that, with the number of northeasterners in the Republican caucus Bush can't ignore McCain et al. So we have a stealth candidate. Like Souter - but also like Thomas. And there you are. We gotta hope for the best. Ann counsels nominating Ann Coulter to SCOTUS, and the political situation just doesn't sustain that aggressive an approach.

[sirthomasthemore]

Conservative,
I disagree with you wholeheartedly as to your view that we could not force an originalist onto the Court. HOWEVER, I respect totally the fact that you deal with the substance. I respect totally with the fact that you disagree with Ann as to her point of view. That's the nature of intellectual debate, and civil discourse. Your opinion is well reasoned.
Regrettably, that is not what occurred in the subject thread. And all conservative, judeo-christian gentleman should condemn the personal attacks on this lady.


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[rcocean]

This is where I respectfully disagree. Yes, nominating a Scalia today would NOT be a cake walk. It would be a fight. But it makes no sense give up before you even start.

Bush should have nominated a Real in-your-face conservative and fought. And if he lost - and 6 Republicans and all the Red state Democrats voted against - fine, at least we would know who to retaliate against.

In fact, even if someone like Edith Jones or Janice Brown had been voted down, Bush could have just nominated someone just as conservative, and kept on fighting.

55 Republicans were good enough to get Scalia confirmed. It should be good enough today. We hold all the cards. The presidency and 55 senators. If not now, when?