Alberto Gonzales says he’s not a candidate for the Supreme Court.
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President Bush could still select his Attorney General as the next Supreme Court judge, but Alberto Gonzales, who has become the most talked about potential jurist, says he’s not a candidate for the high court.
Swinging through Denver to inspect a Justice Department office there, Gonzales told the Denver Post he’s not seeking an appointment to replace outgoing pro-abortion Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
"I’ve been asked since 2001 whether or not I’d consider going on the court, and I’ve consistently said, ‘I’m not a candidate for the Supreme Court’ — and that remains true today," Gonzales said.
"I love being attorney general. My job, currently, is to help the president make this decision," he added.
It’s not a lock-down, but it’s a positive straw in the wind.
My job, currently, is to help the president make this decision,
That was Dick Cheney’s job in Bush’s 2000 VP-hunt too.
Is it true that Bush told conservatives to “tone down the rhetoric” on the supreme court nominees? If so, I am disappointed.
I don’t believe Cheney ever said he wasn’t a candidate for the VP, though. And Bush was asking people to stop attacking his friend Gonzales; I don’t see anything wrong with that, even if we all disagree with AG’s potential appointment to the court.