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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
This may show that the social conservatives and religious right are -- in the eyes of the mainstream GOP leadership and GWB -- the ugly little sisters at the fraternity house.
You'll sit around and drink beer with them, screw them a time or two when you're loaded, and you sure need them to build your float and help around the House -- but you're not going to put them up for homecoming queen.
OTOH -- who really knows with this woman?
I see the question here as being:
(a) did Bush just want to avoid a big fight and name a justice he was comfortable with; or
(b) Did Bush want to avoid a big fight with a stealth nominee who would transform the Court's jurisprudence.
S_A_M
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The only point I will address is I think the concept of a stealth nominee is a disservice to the process. It was bullshit when the Reps did it with Souter and Thomas and bullshit now. Put someone up there with a record and then debate it. Roberts did not have the most expansive record but he had decades of public service so there was at least more than bare hints of what was going on. I blame the Borkers, but I would rather see Luttig get borked then have a lightweight nominated for the stealth factor.
