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...chance to appoint a young conservative such as David H. Souter '61 grants Bush the opportunity to give the court a rightward jolt that could last for decades. And with two other liberal justices ripe for retirement, a Bush Court could firmly implant the conservative agenda in the American judicial system...
When introducing Souter to the press late yesterday, Bush repeated ad nauseam that he would refuse to let his nominee be judged by an abortion litmus test. The Senate faces that flooded the airwaves later in the evening mimicked Bush's call for a non-issue-oriented confirmation process...
Dole apparently meant that Bush's nominee could fall victim to a Republican/Democrat showdown. That is certainly a possibility. But if the Souter nomination does come down to abortion, it will be Senate Republicans who will be bathing in blood...
Whether or not abortion actually affects Souter's nomination will be of little consequence to the political fallout from a Senatorial floor fight. If the issue on the floor is abortion--as it likely will be--the vote on Souter will be perceived as a de facto vote on abortion...
...Democrats can pry an abortion stance out of Souter, the ensuing floor fight will expose the rift within the Republican party over abortion. It is possible that a significant number of Republican senators--unwilling to vocally fight against abortion and possibly forfeit reelection victories--could defect from the party-line. It happened with taxes, and it can happen with abortion, especially with elections right down the road...