[Miss Marple]

Why should he cater to impatient people, and nominate someone when he is overseas? The usual procedure is to make a statement from the Rose Garden and introduce the nominee.

You want him to nominate someone while he is in Edinburgh and the nominee is in the States? Bad form and shows panic, to boot.

I do not understand why people work themselves into a frenzy over things like this. Time enough to rant if the President does something stupid. I don't expect it. I think the nominee will be acceptable, and Gonzalez was never going to be a candidate.

[COEXERJ145]

Time enough to rant if the President does something stupid.

I think you've been on FR long enough to realize that the standard operating procedure for a good number of people is to b*tch, whine, and attack the President on every issue including on things he hasn't even done.

[atlanta67]

you an i are the only sane ones on this thread

[pollyannaish]

Aha! Wherever Miss Marple is...good sense always follows. (Back when I was a lurker and especially during the last election I followed your posts closely Count me as a fan.)

Anyway, I think the GOP is asking people to cool it because they don't want the fight to be any harder than it is already. They don't want to have the words of their own constituency coming back to haunt them when the president nominates someone else.

IOW..."we're trying to distract them, will you all up!" That is what I think they are asking. Don't screw up the stategery for crying out loud.

[dangus]

Very sensible. I believe the NYT is just trying to brew trouble.