Gonzales for Supreme Court

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No, not really... But, let's research ways to make it look as though Bush will nominate Gonzales to be a Supreme Court Justice.

John Gizzi, the Political Editor of Human Events, chronicles various Right Wing leaders voicing their opposition to a possible Gonzales nomination. “If the President picked Gonzales, it would break the hearts of conservatives,” said Pat Buchanan. “Conservatives would be demoralized by a Gonzales appointment,” said William Kristol, adding that President Bush would “pay a price, substantively and politically, if he were to name Gonzales.” Phyllis Schlafly says a Gonzales appointment would be “a betrayal” while Paul Weryich literally “ the President not to make this appointment.”

Jonah Goldberg writes that Alberto Gonzales is "a bit too cozy with left-wing thinking." Goldberg extrapolates: "Since he's been attorney general, Gonzales seems almost as interested in speaking to Hispanic groups as he is in speaking to law-enforcement organizations. And here I thought this kind of identity-politics outreach was the reason we had a HUD secretary. Worse, it seems Gonzales buys into this way of thinking. That's tolerable for an AG, it's inexcusable in a Supreme Court justice. And not just because of what it says about Gonzales' views on race - it also suggests he's simpatico with the liberal worldview. The more comprehensive problem with Gonzales is that he's a beneficiary of what we could call the Friends and Hispanics network. This isn't to say that he's not bright and capable. But he owes the bulk of his public career to two things: George W. Bush and his impressive personal story as a child of poor Mexican immigrants. There's nothing terrible about either of those things, but there's every reason to believe that Gonzales has internalized the logic of affirmative action."

Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, opines that "President Bush now appears highly unlikely to nominate Gonzales to replace retiring Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Nor is Gonzales expected to be chosen to fill a second vacancy on the high court should Chief Justice William Rehnquist or another justice steps down in the near future." Barnes proffers that "Having already rewarded Gonzales with a promotion, doesn't owe him another one," as well as arguing that "Gonzales hasn't proven himself yet in the AG job" and "the president doesn't need to name Gonzales to the Supreme Court to woo the Hispanic vote further."

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=17625

That being said, Sonia Sotomayor would be an excellent pick.