Bitter Fight Looms

Hey Steve: You'll get a kick out of this editorial.

From the Winston-Salem Journal:

So much for stealth candidates.

So much for conciliation.

In nominating U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. of the Third Circuit to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, President Bush has chosen a far-right jurist with a well developed and well known record. In the process, Bush has exacerbated the nation's culture wars, setting off what is likely to be a long and ugly confirmation battle in Washington and around the nation.