[Howlin]

Just go beat your head against a wall.

[lawgirl]

LOL

There are times when the best action is no action. President Bush knew this lawsuit was working through the ranks of the American judicial system. Let's ignore the SOP issue for a second. He had two choices---1) make this his banner cause in a time when national security is a hell of a lot more important or 2) shut the heck up and let the judicial system do its job. Especially when he is pretty sure they're going to go his way anyway. The only thing option 1 guarantees is a racist label from the press/democrats. Nothing to be gained by that--the judiciary is going to hand him a victory on a silver platter if they outlaw AA and President Bush has spent no political capital on it. Genuis, once again.

[TLBSHOW]

Apparently, this principle is too politically controversial for GOP presidential front-runner George W. Bush to embrace publicly and unequivocally -- and too complicated for GOP law-enforcement officials in Bush's home state of Texas to defend.

Although Bush claims to oppose racial quotas and preferences, he refuses to take a position on two landmark ballot measures that outlawed racial preferences by popular vote: California's Prop. 209 and Washington state's Initiative 200. More disturbing was Bush's failure to take a position on Prop. A, the 1997 Houston Civil Rights Initiative, which would have outlawed racial preferences in contracting by Houston city government.

If Bush cannot bring himself to support ballot initiatives that abolish government preferences, then his stated opposition to preferences is thin gruel.

Michelle Malkin