One of the responses from the Dems. to Bush's Alito nomination needs to be that it is now apparent that Bush is the errand boy of the religious right. With this nomination Bush has, in one short week, withdrawn his own personal best choice for the court and replaced her with a far-right extreme judicial activist, all at the express behest of the religious conservatives.
The Talking Point:
"It would be better for this process and the country if our President and his administration had the wherewithall to lead according to values shared by a majority of Americans. Instead, as with the abandonment of Harriet Miers, George Bush has decided to avoid the hard work of leadership and is instead folding-up like a cheap umbrella in a stiff breeze and following the demands of a small narrow minority of far-right ideologues."