The Confirmation

The Confirmation
Ralph Reed
Paperback, 432 pp., $15.99
Fidelis (September 1, 2010)

Newly elected U.S. president Bob Long is weighing reports of nuclear weapons in Iran when he learns Justice Peter Corbin Franklin, liberal conscience of the Supreme Court, has suffered a massive stroke. The door is open for Long to appoint a conservative replacement. But he faces a series of political missteps while his court nominee, Marco Diaz, suffers vicious character accusations in the media for his religious beliefs and rumors of a tragic past. Meanwhile, terrorists in Iran and are threatening to bomb a major city if the U.S. or Israel attacks…