If Iraq will determine the success of the Bush presidency in foreign affairs, the fight over the federal judiciary in the Senate will determine the success of the Bush presidency domestically. The President and Senate Republican leaders cannot afford to "blink" on this one.
George Will put it more starkly on Friday when he wrote, "And if the president does not wage a fierce, protracted and very public fight for his nominee, he will display insufficient seriousness about the oath he swore to defend the Constitution."
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