[alnick]

The President ignored the conservative critics, who were ankle-biting him for even considering his well qualified -- if ideologically wobbly -- good friend, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Ah, but the "conservative critics" did not even know if the President was considering Gonzales at all. That was never more than the speculation of media types.

Now really, how often does speculation of media types turn into reality?

[The Bat Lady]

It is time to confirm Justice-select Roberts -- and his successor on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

and his successor on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.