[Pukin Dog]

I don't think I made any direct attributions, did I? I tried to be very careful with this. I wish it didn't have to be rumor-mongering, but other than tell where I got this information, what choice is there?

I guess not to say anything? Fair enough.

[Torie]

No, silence is what is appropriate, unless the sources are reliable, verified, and corroborated, and then you make a post that this is a possibility. In any event, I cannot believe that the other 7 or 8 who are viewed as highly qualified, all have skeletons in their closet, and/or six Pubbie senators told Bush they would oppose them all, period, for ideological reasons. I just don't. And I don't believe that you got such a leak out of the tight lipped Bush white house from any creditable source. I just don't believe that either.