[dirtboy]

This is not a glowing endorsement, it is the third stage of grief (denial, resentment, bargaining, depression,acceptance)

Sowell's piece is a realistic assessment of the political realities that currently exist.

That's the key word here - REALISTIC. He understands what Bush is facing, wheras the flame throwers want to go to war with a pack of RINOs on their flank that bolted in the last war over the nuclear option.

And, in that environment, a stealth candidate becomes a way to get a conservative on the court. I don't like that reality, but it is reality. And politics is the science of the possible, at the end of the day.

[msnimje]

That's the key word here - REALISTIC

This is the SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES- is "realistic" really what we should be shooting for here?

[uncbob]

He understands what Bush is facing, wheras the flame throwers want to go to war with a pack of RINOs on their flank that bolted in the last war over the nuclear option.

Well then maybe Bush should just tell the RINOs and the democrats that the SCOTUS next to the WOT was the keynote of his 2004 campaign that he intends to keep his word and that he WILL GO TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE via the bully pulpit

That is what a real statesman and leader would do

[k2blader]

So to you, "realism" is to not ask questions, toe the party line, and hope it all turns out okay.