July 07, 2005

Bush is the biggest obstacle

Robert Novak today: "Bush is by far the bigger obstacle in the way of a conservative court."

I couldn't agree more...especially if he nominates Gonzalez.

Sources is also reporting that Rehnquist will be announcing his retirement before the weeks is over.

More...

Gonzales trial balloons were shot down on the right, but that has not stopped leaks from the White House. If a Rehnquist vacancy now is thrown into the mix, will Bush be tempted to temporize by naming one conservative and one non-conservative? If he nominates conservative Justice Antonin Scalia as chief justice and thus creates a third confirmation, will he think he has escaped by saying he has named two conservatives? No such maneuvers will make Gonzales acceptable to the Bush base.

Nor will it be acceptable to the libertarians and real conservatives (as I've already mentioned).

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This is all because Bush isn't a conservative. His dad sure wasn't and neither is he.

Posted by: Glen Dean at July 7, 2005 04:27 PM