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Rush Limbaugh: Appoint an Originalist, Not An Activist
If only it would happen. My guess, Bush coward's.
Hmmmm....as I recall, conventional wisdom is that a quick announcement followed by quick hearings favor the nominee's confirmation.
Robert Bork was nominated shortly after the vacancy announcement (July?), but Biden announced that hearings would not begin until September (that was approximately two months).
The extra lead time gave liberal interest groups a lot of time to amass opposition.
Of course with Bush not announcing the nominee, interest groups cannot produce specific commercials smearing a specific nominee -- although they're probably preparing against any and all top candidates.
I would advise Bush to name a nominee quickly and Frist to hold hearings as soon as possible.