Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to advise and consent to the appointment of all Cabinet officials. They should take that duty seriously.
Bush is trying to avoid the Souter mistake by relying on a personal relationship, which the first President Bush did not have. But that, many of us would argue, doesn't get you to where you need to be. Just because you know her heart doesn't tell you her judicial philosophy.
Our children are being taught a terrible lesson right now. The president of the United States, in all due respect to him and his office, he has hurt the office of the presidency and I believe he ought to be ashamed of himself.
It has been a difficult three weeks, not only for her and the president but for those of us on the outside who were not able to justify or rationalize the nomination,
There are a couple people in the party who think you can become president by essentially buying the presidency. You've got one candidate who has raised a lot of money and the other candidate who has inherited a lot of money,
If ... the president does decide to put American troops in harm's way, I will unconditionally support them.
Ask the current president of the United States that question and you'll get an essay answer,
As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities.
And as president I would throw rapists in jail for a long time so America's women wouldn't have to worry about it.