Great Nominee Mr President

Back from vacation and refreshed, Ol' BC was heartened to see that Dubya named a highly qualified nominee to U.S. Supreme Court. I missed the whole withdrawal of Harriet Miers, but arrived back in the country to hear she was out. My immediate reaction was that Dubya would produce a nominee that had a lengthy record and was qualified to the nth degree. I think he hit the jackpot. Obviously, the left will scream. The left would scream no matter who was nominated just because he or she was nominated by Bush. Their concerns can be quickly dismissed. Samuel Alito is a fabulous choice. His decisions are based on constitutional application, even though he doesn't always rule in concert with political conservatives. He appears to be consistent in his methodology. Plus that, he has been through a confirmation process and won unanimous approval. Don't look for that this time around.

Even so, Alito's paper trail is far longer and more provocative on the most
controversial social issues than was Roberts's. Liberal constituency groups
immediately announced their opposition to Alito yesterday, and Senate Democrats,
including some who voted for Roberts, issued tough, skeptical statements in
response to his nomination.
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), the ranking
Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee and a supporter of the Roberts
nomination, called the president's choice "needlessly provocative," saying the
president rewarded a narrow wing of the Republican Party rather than the country
as a whole.

Read this entire article here.

Keep in mind that many of the Democrats in the Senate have approved Alito once. It will be interesting to see how they play politics with him this time around.

Just a thought.