I havent read all the posts, Im taking a break from homework, so i dont know if this has been addressed or not: Suppose W knows he is going to get another nomination (Ginsburg? Stevens?) and is just "throwing a bone" to the left here?
I threw it out there a few posts back. So far I have one in agreement and one who thinks I'm delusional. No other comments. And here I thought it was pretty astute... :)
If that were the case, what would it say about W in that he would think that a SCOTUS seat is a throwaway. It would say a lot, none of it good.
"I havent read all the posts, Im taking a break from homework, so i dont know if this has been addressed or not: Suppose W knows he is going to get another nomination (Ginsburg? Stevens?) and is just "throwing a bone" to the left here?"
Then he's a complete idiot. Even if he nominated Ruth Ginsburg's clone, the RATS would fight him to the death if he followed up with a real conservative. They have no "well, you gave us one, so we'll give you one" sense... none at all. To them it's: "We're going to destroy you until we win, and then next time we're going to destroy you until we win AGAIN."