Well, we're taking the chance now and it was totally unnecessary. Janice Rogers Brown or Luttig would have been incredible choices and most likely would have been eventually confirmed after a battle.
So we have kept the "balance" of the court but unfortunately the "balance" has been left for the last 20 years. Unless there's some Rovian strategy here that I don't understand I think Bush just blew a great opportunity for protecting the Constitution and Conservative values. It's a sad day for me . All we can hope for now is that she turns out better than expected.
What are you hearing and seeing, besides a bunch of handwringing from people who want her to have more of a public record than she does? (A record they can then use to destroy the candidate.)
The president says he knows her and believes she is suited for the job. I believe him. She doesn't need to have a "record" that establishes her "conservative" credentials to our satisfaction. She doesn't even need to be a lawyer.
Most of those bitching about this choice, are lawyers. A break from their lunacy would be nice.
Two points about not nominating any of the women so often named, or the men for that matter, that Bush has managed to get onto various Federal benches -
1) They declined to submit to the abuse required to pass through the Judiciary Committee again.
2) President Bush sees equal/greater value in having these strong conservatives on the Appellate Courts, so instead of having to go through two more nominations to fill two slots, he only has to ask one person to change her life.