Gonzalez would be a lousy SCCJ candidate---he is way to socially liberal!!!
I did not say that Gonzales would get the nod for chief justice. I said that Scalia would be promoted to chief justice and Gonzales would be chosen by Bush to backfill the Scalia vacancy.
As to Gonzales' moderate-to-conservative ideology, take up your argument with the president of the United States, not with me. The President likes this Attorney General and believes he is plenty conservative. He is also confirmable.