I just heard bush on the TV saying he wanted to get his SC ...

[FormerRepublican]

...nominee approved by early October.

Could this be because he knows the Grand Jury will issue it's indictments at the end of it's term in October?

:) :) :)

(Too bad I don't have a piccy of Bush, Cheney, Rove and Libby hand-in-hand in prison stripes, grinning their evil grins!)

[Fiona]

1. The more likely reason

is that the court reconvenes in early October.

[FormerRepublican]

4. Oh, man -

- there you go, spoiling my fantasy.

Couldn't you give me just a few more minutes imagining it??

;)

[AllegroRondo]

6. O'Connor's retirement is effective only when a replacement is confirmed

So if they dont have someone new in place by October, she will stil be sitting on the court.

[joemurphy]

2. Yeah...He's a real personnel expert, isn't he?

[Quakerfriend]

3. I just heard Rich Galen on CNN say that

he thought that the Repugs 'think that if they can get one of the vacancies in the SC filled soon, then this won't mean much (re: the Rove and the Plame issue).'

[FormerRepublican]

5. Well...

...I guess we know what we gotta do, then.

Make sure they don't get one. Heh.