Of course he did. But the presidents supporters also reserved the right to say "we're made as hell and we're not going to take it anymore." It appears he heard us.
If he wants to further fracture his party, he'll nominate Gonzales. Screwing conservatives at the behest of rino's and liberals is why the court is such a mess to begin with. No more "TRUST ME" non-sense. This is the single issue so many of his foot soldiers truly care about above all other issues. Meirs selection was an abject betrayal of us and all the hard work we put in to elect president Bush.
She may not have had the credentials and bulldog conservatism that we wanted, but she certainly wasn't the 'disaster' that some extremists who attacked her claim she was.
The nominee STILL has to get past the RINOS in the Senate. I'm praying that the President finds someone else who is CONSERVATIVE, and can actually make it through the process.
There aren't many people out there who qualify.