Good Choice!

I've been meaning to write about President Bush's pending nomination of a Supreme Court justice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor.

I would have offered two pieces of advice:

1. Don't hurry. Democrats are going to pounce on whoever you nominate. So don't give them months to beat up your nominee. Announce the candidate as late as you can and limit the savaging of your candidate. Let your opponents sweat it out.

2. Don't necessarily appoint a woman to replace O'Connor, just because she was a woman.

I was amazed at the argument that he should do just that. Are they saying that there is a de facto "woman's seat" on the court in perpetuity? Why? Where is that in the Constitution? So, don't cement that thought by purposely picking a woman. Pick the best candidate.

Since I didn't get to this until tonight after President Bush announced his nominee - Judge Roberts - I'll just say this:

Good choice. Well done. Let's vote and confirm and move on.