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Bush ‘inevitable’ An AP News Analysis by TOM RAUM By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP): servative like Justice Associated Press Writer Throughout his first term, Antonin Scalia, but he gave could pretty much do any- WASHINGTON (AP): there will be a Hispanic on President George W. Bush them a conundrum. Politi- thing he wanted in other ar- Attorney General the Court. It is inevitable. I (“W”) struggled to avoid cians of all stripes hate un- eas and the conservatives Alberto Gonzáles, know that you want to hold repeating his father, H.W.’s certainty. would stand behind him,” passed over twice for a that appointment up as an mistakes. Yet less than a year Congressional misgiv- said Bruce Bartlett, who was seat on the Supreme example, as a role model to after he claimed the re-elec- ings over Miers and the CIA deputy assistant treasury sec- Court, said Wednesday our children,” Gonzáles tion mandate denied his dad, leak investigation involving retary in H.W.’s administra- that Latinos should get said. he is confronting some of White House advisers have tion. over their disappoint- Gonzáles, the first Harriet Miers the same problems that be- cast a cumulus cloud over “And that worked for ment and give Harriet Latino attorney general, nation at every public ap- deviled the H.W. presi- W’s administration. Soaring quite a while. But it was a Miers a chance to show was widely viewed as a pearance. His speech to dency. gas prices, hurricane recon- shortsighted point of view,” why she deserves to be strong contender for both the association also put Like father, like son: struction costs, the war in said Bartlett, who has just confirmed. Supreme Court vacancies him in front of an audi- • Conservatives are re- Iraq, and declining consumer written a book, “The Impos- “Some, including this year. President Bush ence that strongly advo- belling. confidence have darkened tor: How George W. Bush many members of this or- chose John Roberts to take cated the nomination of • His poll numbers are in the economic outlook. Bankrupted America and ganization, I know had the seat of the late Chief Gonzáles or another lead- the basement.