Is Alberto Gonzales Spanish for David Souter?

President Bush may be running a political risk with conservatives if he decides to tap the seemingly pro-abortion White House Counsel for a spot on the SCOTUS.

Social conservatives would feel betrayed — the rank-and-filers, that is, not just the leaders of the Washington groups — since the chief reason they were given to vote for Bush was that he would nominate "strict constructionists" like Scalia and Thomas. But Republican senators are not going to vote against a Bush nominee who's also the first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court, whatever conservatives say. Conservative opponents of Gonzales will have to be careful not to threaten more than they can deliver.