He seems like the kind of candidate senate liberals should accept. Obviously you're going to get a conservative candidate; this is a conservative president, after all. But he appears competent, qualified, and non crazy. You're right; the Democrat's really aren't going to have much to fight him with. Personally, I wonder if fighting is worth it. At the least it will be an expenditure of political capital; at worst, they may end up looking dumb/petty/etc. for fighting a (more or less) reasonable candidate (and losing).
what surprised me was that he didn't pick a minority or female candidate, which would have made things even harder for the Democrats. There are plenty of strong conservative minority and/or female candidates out there, such as Gonzalez, Priscilla, etc. Ok, maybe those two would have been nuked in confirmation. But there were others, and Laura Bush and others were pushing for it... maybe he's leaving that for chief justice?
I suppose you could argue that appointing a minority/female would seem to much like a race-baiting type thing, but that really doesn't hold water. I think you've nailed it; "First Minority Chief Justice" just has such a nice ring to it.
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I think you've nailed it; "First Minority Chief Justice" just has such a nice ring to it.
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