Rove played an active role in selection of Miers

[sabra]

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20051005-105715-1103r.htm

Rove played an active role in selection of Miers

THE WASHINGTON TIMES
October 6, 2005

Senior Bush adviser Karl Rove was "very involved" in President Bush's Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers, who was selected in part because she has no judicial track record, according to a Republican with close ties to the administration.

"We know that Rove was very involved in the process, and he's certainly well tuned in to the Hill and how it works," said GOP strategist Charlie Black. "I suspect the Senate leadership might have given him the advice to take into consideration on how hard or how easy someone would be to confirm."

The White House was seeking a confirmable justice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, even if its decision to name a nominee with no paper trail limited the talent pool, said David Schultz, a professor in Minnesota's Hamline University's law school and author of "The
Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court."

"There are no great justices anymore, because since Bork, they are not confirmable," he said, referring to President Reagan's Supreme Court nominee who was rejected by a Democratic Senate. "We have opted for average candidates who will not make or break any new ground. They are confirmable."

[paineinthearse]

1. duh....of course he did!

* can't shit unless kkkarl tells him to.

[JudyM]

6. ... or Condi ('pleeze, ma'am, can I go pee?')

[FormerDittoHead]

2. It seems that David Schultz would be much more qualified...

Doesn't have to be a judge - just any attorney who has actually tried a single case in front of the Supreme court...

[genius]

3. Is the plan for her to reverse his conviction and worse?

[MidwestTransplant]

4. His last Hurrah!

[janx]

5. Is the Moonie Times trying to spin this to soften the

blow in case Rove gets indicted? Are they trying to make freeper types hate Rove now?

[williesgirl]

7. Duhhhhh! Who'd figured that without the Moonies help. n/t