Bush: List for Second Vacancy 'Wide Open'

[sabra]

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Bush: List for Second Vacancy 'Wide Open'

President Bush said the list of possibilities for his second Supreme Court nomination was "wide open" Tuesday as Senate Republicans urged him to consider a woman and Democrats pressed him to consult with them before making his next pick.

The president said the Senate should concentrate on confirming U.S. Appeals Judge John Roberts to replace the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist before worrying about any other choices.

"I want the Senate to focus not on who the next nominee is going to be, but the nominee I got up there now," Bush said.

Roberts' confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin next Monday, one week after Bush named him to replace the justice he worked for as a Supreme Court law clerk. Roberts was originally slated to be Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement, but Bush formally withdrew that nomination Tuesday and made the 50-year-old judge the chief justice nominee.

[Book Lover]

1. Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!

Hey, the man said "wide open"

[longship]

2. Okay, that means it'll be another white guy.

nt

[radar]

3. But he's gotta be able to lick cowboy boots

With the best of them.

Only true yes-men need apply.

[Benhurst]

4. Only fascists need apply. NT

[gratuitous]

5. Produce his full record as a government attorney

Otherwise, no hearing and surely no vote. Ball's in your court, Chimpy. No records, no confirmation.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Roberts got the pass. Now the Dems need to be tough as Iron on #2.

Roberts got the pass or the "bye", the easy going. Of course the confirmation hearings haven't started but chances are he will get relatively easy going. However, the Democrats need to "go to the mat" on the second pick. It actually doesn't matter which is which, but Bush got one hard conservative to replace Rehnquist (Roberts) and now he can't get two.

[AllegroRondo]

7. And O'Connor is still a justice until she is replaced

this could get interesting.

[PATRICK]

8. If he says so then it isn't

and they have another stooge in the wings already.

Anyone nominated by Bush is tainted. Guilt by criminal assocaition. Stop acting like this schmuck is president.

HE did.

[VegasWolf]

9. What about Pat Robertson? He fits all of Bush's criteria. nt