Who is the judge?
Demo or repubbie-appointee/controllee?
Dem appointed, but supposedly VERY fair.....we shall see.
I remember hearing somewhere Judge Bridges and Booth Gardner (with a bid D) being mentioned together. I can't remember exactly what it was about, however.
I have also heard the 'pubs were happy with the choice, so maybe he can separate politics from law. We'll see.
Nobody really knows. But this article gives a few clues, and even quotes our favorite local blog:
Still, what about that earring? Bridges got it a few years ago -- an unusual fashion statement in a conservative town.
At the conservative blog Soundpolitics.com, one poster with the screen name "righton" fretted: "Unless he's a right-wing, Harley-riding ex-hippie, I remain nervous about his politics."