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The Decider Is Preparing To Excite His Base With Next Supreme Court Appointment
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A president who did not prepare for an invasion and occupation of Iraq is now devoting his limited attention span to filling vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court that might occur in the waning days of his administration. I would prefer he work on the bush clearing at the Texas ranch instead. A two year vacancy on the Supreme Court would be better than any Bush nominee.
EXCLUSIVE: Women, Minorities Top Bush's Supreme Court Short List
White House Prepares for Possible Vacancy as Court Nears Summer BreakBy JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG
The White House is developing a short list of possible Supreme Court nominees so President Bush can move swiftly if a justice retires at the end of June, when the Court breaks for its summer recess, according to sources involved in the selection process.
Bush met with top advisers [aka, Karl Rove] last month, and they discussed possible nominees if a Supreme Court vacancy occurs.
He told White House Counsel Fred Fielding and other administration lawyers that he wanted to nominate a woman or a minority to the Court, and his legal team has narrowed its focus to a half-dozen contenders, sources said.
With the heated political climate -- and with Bush's approval ratings still low -- advisers believe they cannot afford any missteps with the Supreme Court if a vacancy were to occur, sources said.
To that end, advisers are focusing on possible nominees who are believed to be solid judicial conservatives and would galvanize the base at a time when Bush desperately needs its support. [Making a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court in order to galvanize a political base for a dead-ender president who is presiding over the ruins of an incompetent administration seems just about right for the mentality of these advisers.]
Conservatives who have grown disillusioned with Bush on Iraq, spending and immigration believe his nominations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito are the one bright spot of his presidency. [And I thought his bright spot was the landing on the aircraft carrier.]
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