Posted on 10/11/2005 9:08:44 PM PDT by freedom4me
During the 11:00 p.m. (CST) newsbreak, Donna Fuducia reported that Karl Rove told James Dobson that 80% of the potential SCOTUS nominees on the President's list declined his offer because of they didn't want to undergo the grueling confirmation process. Perhaps this sheds new light on the reason why W chose Miers.
"I don't think this is true. As my husband says, if you've got a chance at the top job, you should take a swing at it."
Last spring, I had a house for sale about an hour and a half outside of DC. A prominent DC attorney was thinking of buying it as a second home when he found out he was on the Bush admins short list for a senior level position in the administration. At first, he hesitated about buying the house because he was worried he couldn't afford it--he already had a home in Georgetown, a suburb of DC-- if he took the pay cut he would have to take to accept the government job. In the end, he bought it. Really good people decline government jobs all the time, for a variety of reasons. A SCOTUS job would be a permanent pay cut for most attorneys qualified for the job.
My take was just the opposite. She detested the ordeal and was ready to kick their butts the next time.
That's awful. If I were he, I would be STEELED FOR BATTLE for a nomination to the Supreme Court.
Jeff Sessions would be my pick, but he or any other Senator needs to be saved for when a liberal Justice leaves. THAT is the ultimate "nucular" option -- let's see the Senate filibuster one of their own!
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He also made it clear that the President was looking for a certain kind of candidate, namely a woman to replace Justice O’Connor. And you can imagine what that did to the short list. That cut it
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Probably best to remind folks here that Roberts was nominated BEFORE Rehnquist died. HE, YES, HE, was O'Connor's replacement. He became Rehnquist's replacement only after his nomination for O'Connor's vacancy.
O'Connor's seat was not to be a "woman's seat". If that had been the plan, Roberts would not have been nominated.
Bingo. As much as I do not give a damn what people think of me (and I am no paragon of perfection), I would not allow the media to drag those around me into that cesspool of hypocrites. In this age of increasing transparency, this will be a very serious problem.
A hoofer with a sense of humor, Callahan likes to surprise judicial and legal gatherings by starting discussions about serious topics and ending with a quip about appellate judges who tap dance around issues. She then pulls off her black robe to reveal a sequined costume and tap shoes.
She's been known to hop on a tabletop or in one case on a judicial bench during these special events and do some pretty impressive steps. "I may be the highest ranking tap dancer in federal court," Callahan said with a grin during a recent interview in her chambers in the Sacramento federal court building. "It is fun and it has a certain shock value."
political correctness wins again.
so wahts next?
scalia retires--we have to name an italian, because it's the "italian" seat?
thomas retires-- we have to name an african american--because its the african american seat?
what if a homosexual who is "out" gets appointed and retires-- does it become the "gay" seat?
Gawd, I hope he does not fill the last spot with Gonsalez. There would be a mutiny in the Republican Party. For Dubya's sake and the sake of the Party I hope he does not do that.
Exactly. I wanted to hear the yelping over a hispanic male nominee. Oh well, maybe next time....
I'll take that anyday over combat as an enlisted infanty. Any damn day.
***They weren't HIS number:
But we also talked about something else, and I think this is the first time this has been disclosed. Some of the other candidates who had been on that short list, and that many conservatives are now upset about were highly qualified individuals that had been passed over. Well, what Karl told me is that some of those individuals took themselves off that list and they would not allow their names to be considered, because the process has become so vicious and so vitriolic and so bitter, that they didn’t want to subject themselves or the members of their families to it.
So, even today, many conservatives and many of ‘em friends of mine, are being interviewed on talk shows and national television programs. And they’re saying, “Why didn’t the President appoint so-and-so? He or she would have been great. They had a wonderful judicial record. They would have been the kind of person we’ve been hoping and working and praying for to be on the Court. Well, it very well may be that those individuals didn’t want to be appointed.
John: For understandable reasons, because the grilling that they get in that confirmation process is just brutal.
JCD: Well, it’s true. The Democrats have so politicized that process that it’s become an ordeal and many people just don’t want to go through that. And I’m not sure I blame them. So, Karl Rove shared some of that with me. He also made it clear that the President was looking for a certain kind of candidate, namely a woman to replace Justice O’Connor. And you can imagine what that did to the short list. That cut it…I haven’t looked at who I think might have been on that short list, because Karl didn’t tell me who was not willing to be considered.
But that many have cut it by 80 percent right there. But I was not gonna be the one to reveal this. I knew that people would eventually be aware of some of that information, but I didn’t think I had the right to say it. And so, I made my comment.
Exactly right.
If they find something on you (or make something up), your life (and the lives of your family members) can be ruined on camera, and you don't even get the job in the end.
I don't blame anyone for declining that deal.
This is what the media has done to the process, and it sucks. And it's not just the media. It's the radical leftists in suits in the Senate who act like presidential prerogative never existed.
That so many people are bent out of joint because the half-dozen names with which they are familiar weren't nominated just astounds me.
I wish I could go back in time and find out how many people had ever heard the name William Rehnquist before he was nominated to SCOTUS. My guess is that his name was NOT nationally known at the time.
So what was wrong with Janice Rogers Brown?
"Karl Rove told James Dobson that 80% of the potential SCOTUS nominees on the President's list declined his offer because of they didn't want to undergo the grueling confirmation process"
I can understand that, especially given the fecklessness of the current Bush administration. Just look at all the other good conservative nominees Bush screwed when he let the gang of 14 AKA Mod Squad run over him. He gave a powerful signal that he will not stand up for his people.
False. At the time, the Senate was majority 'Rat. Also, Specter supported Thomas and tore Anita Hill to shreds. Thomas was apporved 52-48 -- too close for comfort!!
Anyway, 1991 was ages ago. Nobody dreamed of using the filibuster to stop Thomas. Today it's a whole new ballgame.
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