[John Lenin]

Bush needs to get on TV and talk about activist judges, no wonder the Senate is backing down, he is allowing the RATS to take control of the issue just like he is waffling to Pedro Gonzalez Vincente Fox.

[cgbg]

Correct!

Every President needs to decide those issues that are worth spending political capital on and those that are not.

This is a huge one, easily in the top five for the administration.

imho it is far more important than the silly pay as you go Social Security fiasco.

My reasoning is that judicial appointments last twenty or thirty years while each Congress can change the rules on Social Security at their whim. Social Security cannot be "fixed" on a long term basis and the Pubbies need to get over it. They are unwilling to acknowledge the current system is a total fraud so they really have no business even raising the subject.

The White House needs to reshuffle their priorities and put the Supreme Court and gaining real control of the Senate at the top of the list.