Thanks. I'm surprised. Of the neocon pundits, Frum was most likely to dissent because he is pro-abortion and Alito is pro-life. Then again, RINO Specter is making favorable comments too...a bit shocking given Specter's adoration of Roe v. Wade.
I think this is more of a sign that Frum, Specter and many others really don't see Roe ever being overturned. Many judges who feel that Roe was flawed still see it as settled law.
Their take on Alito may be that even though he is pro-life, he still wouldn't overturn Roe.
*Then again, RINO Specter is making favorable comments too...a bit shocking given Specter's adoration of Roe v. Wade.*
Above all, Sen. Specter is pro-pork. Judge Alito is from Pennsylvania -- Specter's state. The senior senator from Philly won't stand in the way of a thoroughly qualified judge from Pennsylvania.
With Alito, Bush not only made a great pick -- a conservative judge who won't be swayed by the D.C. intelligentsia -- but it was politically astute as well.
My conspiracy theory: Bush, with Miers' consent (since she still has the same job as before to help find judges), cooked up her nomination as a way to get a relatively young, yet experienced and tried-and-true originalist on the court.
Bush to the conservative activists: "You didn't like Miers? Here's somebody you'd better fight for."
Bush to the liberals: "Go ahead and try to Bork this true conservative. This isn't the 1980s. We've got the right-wing blogsphere and talk radio this time."
Bush to the DemoRAT Senators: "If you try to fight with that super-majority B.S., you lose the filibuster and get ready to say hello to future Supreme Court justices Miguel Estrada, Emilio Garza, Janice Rodgers Brown and/or Priscilla Owens."
Bush to the fence-sitting Red State Democrats: "Tom Daschle."
Bush to the RINOs: "I'm in a budget cutting mode, because I don't have to worry about re-election. Susan, Olympia, if you give me any trouble, I might find a lot of excess pork in Maine."
Bush to Specter: "Alito is from Pennsylvania, Arlen. So are you. So sit down, shut up, schedule those hearings and get Alito on the SCOTUS."