Quote Originally Posted by XTC
Things with Karl Rove are heating up and what does Bush do speed up his nomination process. Looks like a classic cover up. Bush finds out that it was one of his right hand guys, goes back on his word to fire any INVOLVED with the case, and rushes his nomination to distract the public. All and all, he's buying more time for excuses.
Thank God for Karl Rove then.

If the president wasn't stuck knee-deep in this Rove thing, he might have the so-called "political capital" to nominate a more conservative justice. As it stands now he can only fight on one front, hence the Roberts choice.

Just goes to show you how valuable Rove is to W. and Republicans in general. They've chosen to sacrifice a lifetime of judicial influence for someone who, at most, is gone in three and a half years.