Once again GWB shows that he has more class than most in his party.
Conservatives calling him every name in the book, and he doesn't respond with a "spite" nomination, like Gonzales, but with Alito.
However, those that are pleased with Alito must acknowledge that Bush has done his part...now it's up to them to influence their representatives in Congress to approve Alito.
Otherwise, Bush's original plan for a "stealth" nominee will have seemed like the right plan.
Bork's "borking" eventually gave us Kennedy...not such a win for the conservatives. If Alito isn't put through, the next pick might not be as conservative.
I will never be in that camp. I abhor government by guess, and prefer a transparent decision making process, even (maybe especially) where I don't like the result.
Yeah, but you already predicted that the next pick after Meirs would be a liberal. We said that it would be a conservative. You are now bitter about that fact, and hoping Alito goes down so that you can say you were right in your blind support of Meirs. The worst case scenario here is that we wind up with moderate after the game plays out. You were for a moderate on day one.