Alito: rallying the base

richard viguerie gave bush ex post facto advice following his choice of miers and before her withdrawal...

"President Bush desperately needed to have an ideological fight with the left to redefine himself and reenergize his political base, which is in shock and dismay over his big-government policies."

which he now seems to have taken...

(from this morning's today show...)

COURIC: And ideology trumped gender in this case, right?

TURLEY: I think so. I think the president wanted, first of all, to show he could pick someone who was clearly qualified and has the resume, but he also wanted to rally his base. He’s done both with Sam Alito. No one on the conservative base can be unhappy with Sam Alito. The question is whether they can weather this storm that will be coming, I think, and whether there will be a filibuster.

i think ideology - and bush loyalty - were the principal factors in bush's choice of miers... in bush's mind, the fact that she was female was only icing...

(jonathan turley is a law profession at george washington university... thanks to think progress...)

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