Bowers for Supreme Court Justice?

Governor Perdue's office sent out the following press release concerning finding a replacement for retiring Justice Norman Fletcher:


STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

Sonny PerdueGOVERNOR

For Immediate Release Contact: Office of Communications
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 (404) 651-7774

Judicial Nominating Commission to Receive Georgia Supreme Court Nominations

ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue’s Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) is now accepting nominations to fill the vacancy on the Georgia Supreme Court created by the retirement of Justice Norman S. Fletcher.

Members of the Georgia Bar Association and the public may submit nominations to Michael J. Bowers, chair of the JNC, by May 6, 2005. Nominations may be sent by mail to 14 Piedmont Center, Suite 1100, 3535 Piedmont Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30305 or by fax to 1-866-547-3433.

For each person nominated, the JNC will send a questionnaire to be returned on or before May 18, 2005. The questionnaire will also be available on the State Bar of Georgia website – www.gabar.org. The Commission will meet to interview nominees on May 23-25, 2005.
The JNC will select and recommend to the Governor a short list of up to five nominees who are found to be “qualified” or “well qualified.” Governor Perdue will make the appointment from this list of recommended nominees.

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Why not the head of the JNC, Mike Bowers for Supreme Court Justice? He has been an invaluable resource to our party (he could retire on a private island is he actually billed the Republican Party, our candidates and elected officals for all of the legal help he gives).

But is his past still too much with him? It's been almost 8 years since he ran for Governor. Is it time to draft Bowers out of electorial retirement and ask him step up again and serve our state and its people in public office?