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Any judicial nominee who has said that the Constitution means what it says, not what judges would like it to mean, is going to be called an "extremist." That person will be said to be "out of the mainstream." But the mainstream is itself the problem.

The "mainstream" is not the problem. The Left has more effectively used language to sell their positions to voters. They have become astute languagemiesters out of a necessity to obfuscate their unpopular policy positions.

Conservatives have fallen for the bait and often refer to the Leftist, partisan press as the "Mainstream" press when they are not "mainstream". Leftists are often referred to by conservates as "Elites" when they definitely are not "elite" in any sense of the word.

Alito, Williams, or Luttig would make fine justices and are consistent with the mainstream of American opinion.

Sowell is right .. Bush is NOT leading.. he has a history of getting mugged by democrats as his daddy did.. The secret is that in a BIG fight, republicans WIN.. with the voters..

The inverse is after getting mugged for their lunch money republicans lose even if they win weakly or strongly... nobody likes a weasle.. except weasles..

A party with some fight in it would galvanize the republican party.. A wimpy party only receives a little sympathy.. and coy embarassment.. i.e. even if BEAT UP republicans win.. the bullys lose.. {electorally} like in 1992-4

While Senate Democrats have not hesitated to obstruct the Senate from even voting on some of President Bush's nominees to appellate courts, Republicans gave an overwhelming vote of approval to even such a far left Clinton nominee as Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

There is nothing in the Constitution that requires Senators to restrict themselves to voting only on a nominee's qualifications. It's incorrect to pretend ideology is irrelevant to judicial confirmations or that it may not be a factor in one's decision. I think we all know that Senators can usually be counted on to behave in their own best political interests. We can't expect national level politicians, for whom all decisions and actions are political, to suddently lay all this aside when it comes to judicial nominees.

Sowells problem is he thinks of republicans the way racist whites think of blacks.. He thinks of them as if they were a uniform group.

Years ago both parties had liberals and conservatives. Southern Democrats were quite Conservative and northern Democrast were quite Liberal. Western Republicans tended to be conservative and north eastern Rupublians were liberal.

These days the Democrats are pretty much united. There are no more conservative Democrats in the Senate and very few in the house. But the Republicans still have several liberal Senators and house members. With out the liberal Republicans the Republicans would be in the minority in the Senate.

So no leader of a group made up of Conservatives. Moderates and Liberals can hope to openly implement a Conseravative agenda. The moderates and liberals in his own party will block him. Just like moderates Graham and Brownback torpedoed Miers. The moderate and liberal Republicans sill not let bush appoint and confirm a conseravative supremec court nominee.

Those that think Frist or Bush can use their 55 votes to over power the 45 Democrats in the Senate are just unknowning about the real situation. At best the Republican leadership can count on 46 or 46 relative conservatime votes from thire parties senators. The leadership has to find a way to get some of th moderate and liberal Republican senators votes.

There was a time that Republicasn could reach across the isle for a few conservative Democrat votes. But there are no more conservative Democrats in the Senate.

Those that think there is a way to get the RINOs to support a Conservative supreme court nominee, are just dreaming.

Leaders have to work with what they have. The problem the Presidnet faces is, if he tries to fool the left, the right destroys him. And if he tries a frontal attack on the left his left leaning party members will destroy him.

The supreme court control will likley be delayed until President HIllary gets to decide who will be the next justice.

The choices were Trust Bush and Miers or trust President Hillary. The right has chosen to trust President Hillary.