Breaking news from the olive branch watch: According to the Wall Street Journal, George W. Bush has just renominated four long-stalled judicial nominees -- Terrence Boyle, William Haynes, William Meyers and Michael Wallace -- who have virtually no chance of getting through the current lame-duck Senate and even less of a shot at confirmation once the Democrats take over in January.
The Journal says that Bush's decision to renominate the four should be seen as "an effort to appease" the Republican Party's "conservative base." The news comes hard on the heels of another sop to the right -- the president's decision to renominate former Corporation for Public Broadcasting chairman Ken Tomlinson to the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
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