No, it's more like we can't stop him so we better not gang up on him too much. We'll save it for the next nominee.
Next nominee, black woman jurist!
I hope Dubya nominates a black conservative woman. I'd like to see the sniveling Demidiots go after her. That will be the greatest show on earth.
Agree. Roberts, and other smart up and coming conservative lawyers, no doubt watched the first Borking more then a decade ago and decided that if their ambition was to reach the top, it is best to be Sphinx-like, and not publicly engage in vigorous intellectual exchanges of constitutional theory. In other words, if you are a conservative, don't leave a paper trail.
I know what happened here in Ohio in the 2004 election.
It was REGISTERED DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR PRESIDENT BUSH on the Supreme court and Gay rights issues that gave BUSH OHIO.
Bush and Rove knew it before the election. And after election day Kerry knew it. Afer election day even DEAN knew it. That is why Democrats started talking family values. Kerry knew on election night that in Ohio a quarter million more Democrats voted than Republican. It took them until midmorning the next day to figure out those Quarter million Democrats voted for Bush.
It is very similar situation to Clinton in 1996 when Dick Morris told Clinton that if he came out against Welfare reform, he would get to congratulate President Dole. So what did Clinton do? He adopted Welfare reform and claimed credit for its adoption. Kerry stayed with the Democratic tradition and it cost him the presidency.
Democrats know very well that if they kill a Bush appointee on Abortion, afirmative action, and Gay rights issues, they will make permanent Republicans out of 10 or 12 million Democrats. They can't aford to do that.
There are a number of Democrats and leaders in the Democratic party who know the question is.. do I want to prevent Bush from taking the court conservative or do I want to get re-elected to the senate? Why should we be surprised that their choice is to be re-elected.