Early this morning President Bush nominated Judge Alito to succeed Judge OConnor on the Supreme Court. Alito will appease the red meat eating right wing of the Republicans, being a Mini-Scalia. A move that appears to be the work of Bush's Brain: Carl Rove. Why?
Because of the ruthless brilliance of this move. After a terrible week for Bush, "Scooter" Libby's indictment, the 2000 loss in Iraq and Miers waving the white flag, the Bush White House makes the bold move of nominating a right wing judge, one that many will assume will work to overturn Roe v Wade and other favorites of the left and moderates. This move will shift the focus away from Bush's blatant attempt at another act of cronism by nominating his personal lawyer to the Supreme Court and focus it directly on the fight that will no doubt arise between Dems and Reps, right wingers and moderates over "Scalito." As the fight to determine whether or not he will become the next Supreme Court justice heats up, the right wing will be too focused on getting this red meat right winger into the Supreme Court and will forget Bush's blatant attempt at cronism and complete lack of judgement with the Miers nomination. Finally, with Bush nominating Scalito so soon, many republicans will not worry about next years mid term elections, since any backlash from the public over a nasty fight will be forgot by the time November 2006 rolls around.
Carl Rove might be down but he still weaves his distorted, ruthless web.
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