With the looming battle over Bush’s Supreme Court nominees, I think it would be appropriate for us to debate and discuss who these nominees should be. Most talk and speculation has centered on our current Attorney General, which to be honest does not excite me that much from what I have heard about him. In my opinion, the best candidate Bush could pick, and who would have good chances of getting approved, would be former Sen. Fed Thompson from Tennessee. Thompson was a great Senator and is a strong constitutionalist. He is overwhelmingly popular, even with some on the left. He would have to give up his day job as an actor on “Law and Order,” but so did Reagan. Thompson also stared in one of my favorite movies, “The Hunt for the Red October.” Thompson has a great line in the movie about “things getting out of control.” Ask Mark about it if you want to hear it authentically. You always know something bad is going to happen when Marks starts throwing that quote around. One such instance was during a race that was just days away from Election Day. Mark had just gotten off the phone and immediately started mumbling the famous line. Sure enough, he had learned that the very expensive direct mail piece that had just gone out was sent to the wrong district, to voters who could not even vote for us. I new heads would roll for this and they did.
But back to my point, I can think of no other better candidate than Thompson.
It would be very difficult for the liberals to block a former member of their chamber. Any other suggestions?