It’s Fred Thompson
Written by Mike on July 6th, 2005No, he won’t be the nominee it looks like, but he will have a large say in who that nominee is. From the LA Times:
President Bush has named former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson to help shepherd his yet-to-be named Supreme Court nominee through the Senate, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Wednesday.
Thompson, a Republican and actor on the NBC television series “Law & Order,” agreed to accept the post in a telephone conversation with the president on Monday, McClellan said.
He said Thompson would serve as an informal adviser to shepherd the nomination through the Senate.
“Senator Thompson will guide the nominee through the confirmation process,” McClellan said.
There is precedent however for President Bush’s advisors to end the job search by declaring themselves as the best candidate. Dick Cheney was in charge of finding a suitable running mate for then Gov. Bush; he later decided he himself was the right man for the job. The article doesn’t specify Thompson’s role beyond assisting the yet to be named nominee navigate the partisan waters of a Senate confirmation hearing. But it is heartening to see that men like Fred Thompson will be close to the President during this process.
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This makes sense. I think Thompson would be a brilliant pick by the President. Like you said, there’s certainly precedence for it.
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It would make me happy
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Oh for Chrissakes Thompson doesn’t even play a judge on TV! Nobody gets to the SC without at least some REAL experience.
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I still say you don’t get to the SC without at least having run a courtroom. Besides the Dems would love him. It’d be better to nominate the torture meister Gonzales. They’ll vote for him too but at least we don’t have to worry about him getting all Watergate righteous on us if Rove or Delay are indicted. Gonzales will do whatever Bush tells him to.
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