Your remarks show me that you don't follow President Bush very well if you think he is going against his base. He knows just what he is doing.
I'm Bush's base.... Harry Reid and Chuckie Schumer are happier about this pick than I am. that should tell you who this plays to.
I know the names that would have made me happy: The known Judicial conservatives that have proven themselves on the Federal bench. Luttig, Jones, Williams, etc. or even better, Janice Rogers Brown.
He didnt pick a known conservative. He picked a White House operative from Texas with no time on the Federal bench.
This was a pick to keep Arlen Specter and the mods happy, not me happy.