The Thomas hearings will be nothing compared to that one. Because the liberals know the court swings right with that selection. They will pile all the hate, crap, junk, hate, not supporting abortion hate, etc. on the candidate. With what they say, you will wonder why the candidate was not in jail instead of being asked to sit on the high court.
The aftermath of those hearings will leave as much destruction as Katrina did. The person Bush nominates will need skin as thick as the Hoover Dam. Those hearings will last forever. The person will be branded anti-EVERYTHING, evil, anti-abortion, a racist, anti-gay, anti-black, anti-immigration, pro-war, pro-God, etc.
Oh yes my friends, it is going to be a MSM and pro-media friendly to the liberals, anti-the candidate en-mass.
I think President Bush already has O'Conner's replacement decided on. He is waiting for the right time to announce it. And I firmly believe it is gonna be such an "in your face" choice that the liberals will fall over passed out.
Excuse me, but you really think Roberts is going to sail through. The dems are asking their questions now and going through the motions, but they have NO intention of giving in on Roberts. Bank on this, they WILL come up with some excuse to fillibuster Roberts, as stupid as it is. Why? First off, if they give in, their far left base will slaughter them. Second, if they force the Republicans to exercise the constitutional option, then they can use it as an excuse to not even give the next nominee a hearing. The Judiciary committee will not meet, no hearings, voila, no Bush Supreme Court nominee.
Yep, the next one will be ugly. It will be time for Conservatives, especially in the beltway to put up or shut up. The next nominee will be treated terribly, and may not be as eloquent as Roberts when performing in front of the committee. Nevertheless, if the nominee is a Judge like Luttig, it will be a great Justice worthy of the Supreme Court.
Then appoint Orrin Hatch and let them hate away. It would utterly expose them since they tolerated his presence for decades.
Assuming we get originalist conservatives to replace O'Conner and Rehnquist, it is the next seat after them that will make the difference. We need five for a majority.
To be sure, the tilt will be a little more conservative. Some of the leftward lurch will slow down. But until we have five, it will be pretty much more of the same and certainly we will not begin reversing decades of left-wing living-constitution decisions until the appointment AFTER the O'Conner and Rehnquist appointments. Until then, there is a solid bloc of left-wing votes to prevent that.
"You talk about attack, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate and more hate, piled on hate and more hate, then you are just beginning to imagine what it is going to look like."
I can't imagine living my life consumed by hate the way these RATs seem to do. You can see it on their faces. The hate is eating them up from the inside out and ultimately, will destroy them.
Hmm. I wonder if GWB nominated Karl Rove if we would get to see Teddy explode?