A little taste of Halloween with the Taylors (Sadly, Eldest Son came down with a 102 fever, and did not get to join in the festivities…)


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A little taste of Halloween with the Taylors (Sadly, Eldest Son came down with a 102 fever, and did not get to join in the festivities…) ![]() ![]() Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (4)|
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USC regained the #1 slot in the BCS, as was pretty much expected. They lead Texas by 0.0038. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off|
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It might lead to greater scrutiny of one’s dubious skills at writing sex scenes. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (1)|
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Joe Gandelman has an Alito mega-post with news and reactions to the nomination. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off|
By Steven L. Taylor
Althouse notes the “Scalito” thing: I welcome hearing something more substantial about the man than that people call him “Scalito” to signify his similarity to Scalia and because his last name is similar enough to Scalia that people just can’t hear “Alito” without wanting to say “Scalito.” Indeed to all of that. She also considers Alito “a Stronger Choice than John Roberts”. She does so at least partially on the predicate that he has a long record that makes him a non-mystery. Along those lines, it occurred to me as I was driving in and listening to the coverage, that if Alito does make it through the process, that perhaps the perceived need to appoint persons with short paper trails (that started post-Bork) will go the way of the dinosaur, which is where it belongs. We should all be big enough boys and girls to handle a candidate who has a true public record. The Supreme Court should not be the domain of the stealthy. Indeed, it was the perceived need for such stealth that did, at least in part, lead to the Miers nomination. Perhaps Miers, by being the anti-Bork is so many ways, will have set in motion a correction that has been needed in the system for almost twenty years, i.e., a return to the ability of presidents to appoint candidates with lengthy and distinguished records. Of course, if Alito goes down in flames, we will go back to looking for judicial tabula rasas, I guess. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (10)|
By Steven L. Taylor
Via the WaPo write-up: Bush Selects Alito for Supreme Court Alito, appointed to the appeals court in 1990 by George H.W. Bush, has been a regular for years on the White House high court short list. He was also among those proposed by conservative intellectuals as an alternative to Harriet Miers, the White House counsel who withdrew as the nominee last week. The paper rightly notes that there will be significant focus on his role in Casey. Indeed, after “Scalito” the word that we will all hear the most of over the next several weeks is “Casey”: Rather, liberals are likely to focus on his opinions and dissents, most notably in the 1991 case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The question becomes: what will the Gang of 14 think of this nomination? I had half-expected the President to pick someone who had been confirmed in some capacity more recently to make an “extraordinary circumstances” argument less likely. Still, practically any nominee is going to create a fight with the Democrats. Indeed, the only element of the Miers’ nomination that was positive was that it was not, at least initially, creating such a fight. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (4)|
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John Hawkins of RWN did one of his polls of Right-of-Center Bloggers in regards to SCOTUS picks. Alito was ranked 4th on the “for” list (Janice Rogers Brown was #1). Alberto Gonzales was #1 on the “against” list. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off|
By Steven L. Taylor
Via the AP: Bush to Nominate Alito to Supreme Court President Bush, stung by the rejection of his first choice, will nominate Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, selecting a conservative federal judge to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a moderate. By Steven L. Taylor
I swear, homework for elementary school age children is more freakin’ work for the parents than it is for the kids. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (5)|
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There is much discussion in the media today about what the Bush administration needs to do now. Many are pointing to the need to engage in apology and re-organization. I believe this to be sound advice. If the administration digs in its heals and tried to stubbornly pretend as if nothing has happened with these indictments, the situation will continue to fester. It is clear, from historical precedent, that Presidents are better off dealing with these issues head-on. As Leon Panetta pointed out this morning on Meet the Press
And, the other members of the panel made similar points: MR. BESCHLOSS: You know, Tim, what strikes me even more powerfully from what everyone is saying is almost why presidents aren’t tempted to almost immediately say, “I’ve made a mistake and I’m going to change.” But Ken was being very modest over here in talking about Ronald Reagan, but he was one of the ones who went to the president and said, “You can’t keep on saying you did not trade arms for hostages; no one believes it.” And when he gave that speech that we saw on the screen that you put up, Tim, saying that actually he did, although in his heart he felt he did not, his poll ratings went up 9 percent. That was something that helped. Duberstein, Jordan and Panetta know whereof they speak, given that they all served as White House Chiefs of Staff and Beschloss is a scholar who specializes in the presidency. Meanwhile, Lanny Davis provides some good advice in the pages of the New York Times: Now President Bush must do something that for him, it seems, is the most difficult task: admit a mistake. First, he must send his press secretary, Scott McClellan, into the White House press room to apologize for his misleading the American people – probably based on incomplete or inaccurate information he was given – when he denied involvement by White House officials in the disclosure that Valerie Wilson was a C.I.A. officer. This all strikes me as sage advice. However, I have to wonder if it will, in fact, be followed. Another example of press coverage focusing on post-indictment reactions by the Bush administration: Rove is a focus of calls for White House shakeup Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (10)|
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