[Great Caesars Ghost]

We fear the chances are strong for Alberto. Sure it will further enrage the base. But no one, no matter how much they disagree with his positions on certain issues, or his past affiliations, will be able to question his credentials.

[adam_az]

"We fear the chances are strong for Alberto. Sure it will further enrage the base. But no one, no matter how much they disagree with his positions on certain issues, or his past affiliations, will be able to question his credentials."

Yup - Gonzalez is pro-abortion, pro-gun control, and a member of the racist group La Raza. Hard to question those credentials...

But if Bush nominates him for USSCJ, it would certainly question Bush's judgement...

Gonzalez wasn't popular among the GOP for Atty General!

[unseen]

First rule in politics....YOU DO NOT ANGER YOUR BASE. If the base deserts you you have no party. The BIG TENT idea is good. BUT you do not pull in groups that are the direct opposite of your base. Period. The DEms lost because of a big tent party. When you try to make everyone happy you make no one happy. Do not anger the base.

[George W. Bush]

We fear the chances are strong for Alberto. Sure it will further enrage the base. But no one, no matter how much they disagree with his positions on certain issues, or his past affiliations, will be able to question his credentials.

Wrong. There is a long paper trail showing he is not a good jurist and is too liberal. Far more so than Miers. That's why he wasn't the nominee instead of Miers.

Beyond that, if Miers was withdrawn because the WH wouldn't surrender documents of her work as presidential counsel, it wouldn't work with Gonzalez either because he held that same job until last February.

There will be no Gonzalez nomination.