gonzales......

ok, so i have mixed feelings about the potential nomination of judge gonzales, friend of dubya, to replace sandra day o'connor.....on one hand...the far-right wingers are upset, because his feelings on abortion are unclear at best....he has been quoted as saying that as attorney general he would uphold roe-v-wade because it was the law of the land.......that doesn't mean much as far was what he would do in a new court case with different particulars........but it is enough to make bush's base uneasy......and this pleases/amuses me.....but on the other hand.....gonzales seemed to have no problem with the gitmo torture issue.....and this disturbs me.......and then there is the historical truths about justices failing to follow through on the ideology of their nominating president.....so many have gone off on their own internal compass....in directions unpredicted.......o'connor herself was a nixon appointee.....who didn't end up very nixon-like in the end......and so maybe gonzales might make a good choice.....a hispanic voice for a growing hispanic population......who may not be qyite as conservative as he is made out to be by virtue of being a friend of dubya.......he may be the pig-in-a-poke.......and only time will tell..........say....when he resigns and the press summarizes his tenure.............