That Lefty, Alberto Gonzalez
by TChris
Just as the moderately conservative Justice O'Connor is viewed as a lefty by some extremists, the more conservative Alberto Gonzales is viewed by many in the right wing as too liberal to sit on the Supreme Court.
Within hours after Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's announced retirement from the Supreme Court, members of conservative groups around the country convened in five national conference calls in which, participants said, they shared one big concern: heading off any effort by President Bush to nominate his attorney general, Alberto R. Gonzales to replace her.
The right wing base that kept Bush in office intends to call in its chips.
Paul M. Weyrich, a veteran conservative organizer and chairman of the Free Congress Foundation, said he had told administration officials that nominating Mr. Gonzales, whose views on abortion are considered suspect by religious conservatives, would fracture the president's conservative backers.
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