I’m with you about strategy, K-Lo. While Senator Specter has sought to move some of President Bush’s stalled appellate nominees, his priorities seem odd. For whatever reason he has to act first on those nominees for which there are non-ideological grounds to oppose: William Myers last week and no Thomas Griffith. Myers was criticized for alleged conflicts of interest at Interior. While I do not think the allegations are serious enough to oppose his nomination, he’s hardly the President’s strongest nominee on the merits. As for Griffith, I have tremendous respect for his abilities and accomplishments, but I am lukewarm about his nomination to the D.C. Circuit because he practiced law without a license for several years. Compared to Bush’s other appellate picks, including Owen, Kavanaugh, and Brown, these two would not be at the top of my list.