Alberto Gonzales: "I've been asked since 2001 whether or not I'd consider going on the court, and I've consistently said, 'I'm not a candidate for the Supreme Court' - and that remains true today, I love being attorney general. My job, currently, is to help the president make this decision." [From the Denver Post July 7, 2005, Gonzales: "I'm not a candidate"]
Blogs for Bush: "On both the left and the right, we can find strong statements in opposition to nominating Gonzalez to fill O'Connor's Supreme Court seat. For the left, the complaints are generally absurd, as are all leftwing complaints these days - they mostly revolve around their slanderous statements about the Attorney General and the lies about torture at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere...for the right, however, the complaints have more substance."
Political Wire: "'While nobody inside the White House is talking names yet, those close to the efforts to line up nominees for the Supreme Court are suggesting with greater confidence that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales tops the list to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and that Justice Antonin Scalia will take over for ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist,' Washington Whispers reports."
Meanwhile, the Denver Post editorial staff has some advice for the President [July 7, 2005, "Bush should follow own advice on court"]. They write, "If the president follows his own advice and selects a thoughtful conservative, we have no doubt the Senate will confirm that nominee without the dreaded 'partisan hyperbole.' But if Bush chooses an agenda-driven zealot backed by the very 'extreme' special-interest groups he rightly warned against, then our advice is simple: Katie, bar the door."
Political Wire: "Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), 'who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee during some of its most contentious Supreme Court nomination fights, is calling on President Bush to choose a nominee who could win the unanimous support of both parties, not one who will split the Senate along partisan lines,' the Wilmington News-Journal reports."
Political Wire: "President Bush named former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) to guide his yet-to-be named Supreme Court nominee through the Senate confirmation process, the AP reports."
Blogs for Bush: "In the end, the American people are going to want results, not rhetoric. We're not going to tolerate a filibuster, we're not going to tolerate unprecedented demands that Bush should get permission from the minority party on whom his nominee should be. We've already seen the Democrats attempt to change the rules on how many votes are required to confirm judges, but they're not getting away with their tactics on this battle."
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
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