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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (686379)	6/21/2005 10:25:01 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769667

Group to Launch Supreme Court Ad Campaign By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: June 21, 2005 Filed at 9:50 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anticipating a Supreme Court confirmation battle this summer, a conservative group was to begin airing television commercials Wednesday that feature two of the Republicans' most prominent critics and charge that Democrats ''will attack anyone the president nominates'' to a vacancy. ''A nominee deserves real consideration, instead of instant attacks,'' says the ad, which Progress for America has set to run on cable television nationally through July 1. The organization has pledged to spend $18 million to help ensure confirmation for Bush's pick for the next Supreme Court vacancy, should one occur. The television ad represents part of a $700,000 down payment, according to a statement prepared for release. While there hasn't been a vacancy on the high court for more than a decade, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80 and battling thyroid cancer, has long been the subject of retirement speculation. Officials have said the White House is reviewing potential candidates to replace him or any other justice on the aging court who chooses to step down. The commercial opens with a picture of Howard Dean, the Democratic Party chairman, while an announcer recalls his recent claim that many Republicans ''never made an honest living in their lives.'' Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada is shown next, along with a reminder that he has recently called Bush both a ''loser'' and a ''liar'' in recent appearances. ''So you know what the liberals will say about any Supreme Court nominee,'' the commercial says.