resident Bush, left, shakes hands with judge Samuel Alito after announcing Alito's selection as Supreme Court nominee. (AP)
Samuel Alito's Nomination Story aired: Monday, October 31, 2005
President Bush's latest Supreme Court nominee is already on Capital Hill, making courtesy calls on the senators who will hold confirmation hearings on his nomination.
The choice of conservative Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito follows the failed nominaton of Harriet Miers, the president's counsel. Miers withdrew last week under withering pressure from the president's conservative Republican political base.
Guests:
Lanier Swan is the director of government relations of Concerned Women for America, a leading conservative advocacy group
Ralph Neas, president of the liberal advocacy group, People for the American Way.
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