Expect a thumb in the eye from Bush

[PlanetBev]

Expect Chimp to nominate the most contentious, extreme, designed to provoke a fight Supreme Court pick you can imagine. This is what Bush lives for. He has absolutely no notion of consensus building, it is not in his DNA. This is what he lives for, to spoil for a fight.

The question I have is, when will moderate Republicans start to wake up and realize that they have lost their party and it ain't coming back anytime soon.

[Triana]

1. He also has got to get the attn off of Rover...

...ASAP and that's yet another reason bu$hit will pick the absolute worse zealot he can find - it will cause enough of a ruckus to bury Plamegate for good.

He and Rover are experts at manipulating the media and the oh-so-pliable and easily distracted public like that. Count on it.

[bearfan454]

2. Exactly Triana

SCOTUS pick will get rid of Rovegate for a good while.

[liveoaktx]

3. Yup. Otherwise, why would Cornyn, his stooge, have been

beating that drum this morning?

[Sparkly]

4. I agree -- he wants controversy right now.

The rightwing cabal thrives on division, fights, hatred, etc... They want a controversial fight to "rally the base" and distract the public while they continue to steal, maim, kill, and LIE.

[TomClash]

5. Luttig nt

[cally]

6. I agree...I think he will nominate an extreme RW hack

to appease his base. Only after the Dems filibuster, if successful, will he nominate a normal conservative.

[TomClash]

10. It's him or Jones

But my bet is Luttig

[leftynyc]

12. Or Edith Jones

if he goes with a women....for all the reasons already stated. She's a horror story.

[Kazak]

7. Expect a nuclear meltdown. n/t

[henslee]

8. I agree. He is an insecure paranoid, feeling the heat.... he will lash

out like the angry, reactionary dry drunk he is.

[AndyTiedye]

9. They'll Force a Flaming Fundie Through With the Nuclear Option

and meanwhile start leaning harder on the media CEO's to stop talkikng
about Plame, the DSM, or Rove.

Then when Roe gets overturned, the media buzz will be all about the
invincible Fundies and how the Repubs are getting their "momentum"
back for 2006.

Karl's minions already have the stories in the can.

[Kazak]

14. Me thinks...

the Nuclear Option has less of a chance now than it did when Frist first threatened. If they invoke the Nuclear Option and it falls flat...they're done.

[AndyTiedye]

16. That's Why the 2nd Round of Base Closures Was Just Announced

Time to lean on those Senators some more. They'll cave to save their
bases, they always do.

Bush** has, in fact, nominated Roberts, a hard right-winger and a sure
vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/19/national/w103753D73.DTL
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1638484

[mandomom]

11. How many suspected felons in the WH are too many?

[WatchWhatISay]

13. Ted Olson or Lawrence Silberman

Hope I am wrong.

[The Jacobin]

15. Bad Politics

I don't know that he would have the power to force that through the Senate.

Too many were burned by that Schiavo crap. I doubt he can hold the fiscal conservatives together to push through a fundy.