[sneakypete]

There is no way that Orrin Hatch will allow conservative judges to get much more than the time of day from the Judiciary Committee; he and Patrick Leahy have already agreed to equal power.

I think you are right. Beyond that,I honestly don't think Bubba-2 would nominate any conservative judges anyhow. He doesn't even consider himself to be a conservative or like conservatives.

[steveegg]

Bush can try all he wants to get Pickering and company through again, but with the Hatch/Leahy/Lott/Daschle roadblock, the entire fed court system's going to be Clintonized by 2005.