There's no way that we can stall this until 2006. Accordingly, Bush is going to successfully nominate a candidate to the Supreme Court. In all liklihood, even if something comes up in documents and we can somehow torpedo Roberts, a new nominee would likely be just as bad or worse.

Thus the only question is whether having this discussion in a public sphere is beneficial to Democrats or not. On the positive side, we'd be seen as having more spine. On the negative side, it will fuel the whole "obstructionist" theme that Republicans will be using in 2006 regardless of whether it is true or not.

Personally, I have no idea which of these factors is more important in the Democratic brand image, but I'd sure be interested in thoroughly focus grouping the question. 

Posted at August 1, 2005 8:49 AM in response to Roberts not Bad Enough?

Bush & Co know that few Americans even know who Rove, much less who Plame and Wilson are

Yes, that is probably true today. However, if Fitzgerald indicts Rove for anything at all, Rove will be just about as famous as Monica Lewinsky in within days of the indictment being handed out.

Bottom line, there is still a reasonably good chance that this could develop into something much more significant than just entertainment for us blogophiles. Meantime, I'm grabbing the popcorn and hoping this builds steam every day.

Posted at July 12, 2005 7:29 PM in response to This Just In...