[garv]

It would be comforting to think that you are right about getting conservative judges confirmed, but then I read things like this from Robert Novak's June 1 column.

CALIFORNIA GOP FRATRICIDE

Pinprick attacks by California Republican regulars on Gerald Parsky, President Bush's designated agent in the state, are growing into a full-scale onslaught. The main target is the Parsky-created bipartisan commission for clearing California's federal judicial nominations. Republican State Chairman Shawn Steel, who sees his position emasculated by venture capitalist Parsky, wrote an attack on the commission in the Los Angeles Times May 26. That publicized what the state's conservative Republicans have been complaining about for months: Parsky has granted effective veto power over Bush's judges to California's Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer

. Steel's views have been reflected in unsigned e-mails distributed through political circles under the title of "Parsky Watch." An e-mail sent May 20 cites the liberal People for the American Way praising Parsky's system and quotes a Feinstein aide saying, "We've been working very well with the Parsky commission."

So, why should conservatives assume we will get conservative nominees?

[PhiKapMom]

That's why we need to Take Back the Senate -- with a Senate Majority, GW can ram it down the throats of the two CA Senators if he chooses. clinton certainly went against the wishes of Republican Senators in states where he put in his liberal judges. The key is to TAKE BACK the SENATE and control the Judiciary Committee. Right now it will do no good to appoint someone like Chris Cox because it will never make it out of Leaky Leahy's Judicial Committee!

[Satadru]

We will not get conservative nominees. In fact, what we will see are am-Bushes of conservative nominees. Why didn't Bush stick his neck out for Pickering? Why didn't he threaten vetoes and other things if Pickering was not nominated? Instead, he chose to dine and wine with the Democrats after Pickering was turned down. He will try to appease his base by picking conservatives, but then he will appease his RINO-self by am-Bushing them.