Novak was also one of the leading proponents of administration misinformation that Clement would get the last nomination. Whether he did so knowingly, or was just a tool, he's cried wolf far too often to be given any credence.
Posted by Lis Riba at September 26, 2005 09:04 AMBush doesn't pick anyone. Rove does. And for 100% political reasons only.
Posted by T2 at September 26, 2005 09:37 AMWe won't know if we're winning this fight until after Roberts is confirmed - which is why the next nomination won't become public until after the vote.
Personally, I think we're getting screwed on Roberts, and the next nominee will be an even bigger "movement conservative". The Dems are getting played.
Posted by idiosynchronic at September 26, 2005 10:25 AMRoberts is not a movement conservative. He is what I would characterize as a "judicial process conservative." Unsurprisingly, the most prominent recent justice in this mold was the departing Chief.
See, the law is a little like casino gambling; the house always comes out ahead, and the little guy gets worked over pretty good. For some people, movement guys like Scalia, that's not good enough; when the little guy wins a few, like back in the 60s and 70s, Scalia thinks it's time to slash back, and deal from the bottom of the deck. Guys like Roberts understand that as long as a justice has no problem sticking to what courts have always held to be legal, in the long term, the little guy will get screwed just plenty.
Posted by dj moonbat at September 26, 2005 10:35 AMJeez, the abortion issue is up again and Roberts isn't even confirmed! No agenda, my ass! Damn Dems., get a spine, or resign!
Posted by bbtb at September 26, 2005 10:35 AMThe fact that Bush is even considering Brown, Jones, or Owen shows you that he is not hesitant about the nuclear option, and wants a confrontation, a deluded mindset coming from a man of inebriation and a sub-40 approval rating.
The only debate he is a sure winner on is values. He'd be smart to go back to the base on this one.
Posted by at September 26, 2005 11:00 AMWell, I sure haven't read everything I could on Roberts, but anyone who goes to work for the most well-known conservative Justice in 1980, then happily is slotted into the Reagan Justice Department (by whom?) and then shows up as the policy guy in the solicitor general's office under Daddy Bush when arguments are advanced that Roe should be unconditionally overturned sort of sounds like a movement conservative to me.
The hearings were so badly managed on our side that you wouldn't be able to tell Roberts was even a political conservative, let alone an ideologue.
Posted by euzoius at September 26, 2005 11:45 AMSee, the law is a little like casino gambling; the house always comes out ahead, and the little guy gets worked over pretty good. . . Guys like Roberts understand that as long as a justice has no problem sticking to what courts have always held to be legal, in the long term, the little guy will get screwed just plenty.
And Moony's a lawyer-in-training, folks.
No unbridled pessimism there, eh?
And euzoius has it nailed - he may not be a movement conservative, but he's certainly a party conservative. The two look similar, but can be differentiated by looking at how much of the Consitution they want to ignore and how far they want to turn back the clock.
Posted by idiosynchronic at September 26, 2005 01:55 PMNo unbridled pessimism there, eh?
Actually, that's the bridled version.
Posted by dj moonbat at September 26, 2005 02:12 PMBush doesn't pick anyone. Rove does. And for 100% political reasons only.
T2: normally, you would be entirely correct. But when Laura found George and JD back at it, she bedded Karl. Thankfully, she is post-menopausal. Karl is apparently recovering from something wrong with his dick