Concise political truths...
From today's Salon.com "War Room" column, regarding the impending piece-of-cake confirmation hearings for a very conservative chief justice that is going to be ruling towards the right for the next 30 years....
But even before Katrina hit New Orleans and Chief Justice William Rehnquist died, Roberts' confirmation was a foregone conclusion. The Republicans in the Senate are united behind him, and the Democrats don't have the votes to defeat his nomination or even maintain a filibuster of it. So for all the talk today about the rights Roberts will or won't protect and the questions Roberts will or won't answer, the confirmation process he faces will ultimately be about as meaningful as the one Brown (1) managed to avoid.
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Joke of the day:
"What does Bush think about Roe v. Wade?"
"He doesn't care how those folks get out of New Orleans."
But even before Katrina hit New Orleans and Chief Justice William Rehnquist died, Roberts' confirmation was a foregone conclusion. The Republicans in the Senate are united behind him, and the Democrats don't have the votes to defeat his nomination or even maintain a filibuster of it. So for all the talk today about the rights Roberts will or won't protect and the questions Roberts will or won't answer, the confirmation process he faces will ultimately be about as meaningful as the one Brown (1) managed to avoid.
Elections have consequences, the Republicans like to say. The people of New Orleans have learned that over the last couple of weeks. The Democrats are getting a reminder today.
(1) [just sacked FEMA pony-show running idiot shoe-in crony (-.ed)]------------------------------------
Joke of the day:
"What does Bush think about Roe v. Wade?"
"He doesn't care how those folks get out of New Orleans."
posted by fellswoop at 7:35 PM
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