[Howlin]

Until the hearings; you know, the very thing called for in the Constitution?

Once we find out it will have been too late to do anything about it anyways, except damn the President.

Well, you're already doing that, so you're way ahead of your game plan, aren't you?

[Blowtorch]

Well, you're already doing that, so you're way ahead of your game plan, aren't you?

I was repeating the phrase you used in your post as an example scenario.

I am uncomfortable about the stealth pick-because that's what it is-because there were better and choices that Bush could have made that were known quantities. Do you really think she was the best pick GW could have made? Were there not more qualified picks with top-notch credentials? The fact is Bush can and did name his pick, within his constitutional right. But as I said in post 112, it seems that barring a major screw-up, she'll be confirmed. All will have to wait to see if GWB's choice benefits the court in the way conservatives have hoped.