Its seeming more and more like Bush played the ultimate trump card by
nominating John Roberts. He has gone out, picked someone with a short lived
bench life and there for does not have many opinions to show how he would vote
on controversial issues such as Roe V Wade. Short of him being a pot head or
hiring illegal aliens to work for him, he is sure to get confirmed.
The deal made by the seven Republican and seven Democratic Senators will seem
to stand firm during this confirmation also. The promise was not to filibuster
unless it was extreme circumstance, and I can not find one that would be extreme
when it comes to confirming John Roberts. The only down votes I can fore see
with this nomination would come from the extreme sides of both aisles. The far
right might say he is not conservative enough while the extreme left would
oppose his lack of opinions on issues such as abortion.
This varies greatly from my first opinion of the man, but after a day of
research I can truly say that he might be the best we could expect from George
Bush. The even better side of this is that we will see less attention on his
confirmation and more attention on Karl Rove. Poor Karl even made the front page
of the Washington Post today, where it talked about the State Department memo
marking Valerie Plames identity as secret. This is should help keep the
journalistic flames turned up on President Bush and Scott McLellan.
It is still disheartening to see that our President doesn’t take leakers that
serious. Rove now has to be convicted of a crime to be punished, and not just
involved. This kind of message is not a good one to come from the President who
vowed to restore integrity to the White House. I guess in Michael Jackson’s
defense, it is ok for parents to send their kids back over to Never Land Ranch
also!