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Ever since we've read reports about Bush's plummeting popularity my reaction was: so what? We are stuck with him for the duration. No, he will not be impeached, not with a Republican majority in Congress, at least.
So when I read this in today's WSJ, about choosing a new candidate for the Supreme Court, I have to wonder:
"Presidential allies expect him to try calming a rebellious Republican right by picking an unequivocal judicial conservative. But Democrats are likely to battle any choice designed to appease the president's right flank -- renewing Senate warfare over judicial nominations from earlier this year that had appeared to subside.
He could reach for a consensus choice in hopes of pleasing centrist Republican and Democrat senators, thus avoiding a confirmation fight. But that might open him to conservative attacks that he has abdicated his responsibilities on a crucial matter, deepening the perception of presidential weakness."
Should he care about pleasing the rabid dogs on the extreme right, or would he like his legacy - assuming he understands that word - to be of a president who could climb above partisanship?
I wonder whether we - Democrats and if anyone of us know of moderate independents and republicans - should start our own letter writing campaign appealing to his legacy.
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