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07/12/2005: A two front war?
Back around last Thursday, I wrote about how Josh Marshall and (in comments) my co-blogger Brock Sides have expressed the opinion that the nearly simultaneous resignations of Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Chief Justice William Rehnquist (who hasn't resigned yet, though I'm still reading reports that rumormonger and unindicted co-conspirator Robert Novak is reporting that Rehnquist's resignation is coming Real Soon Now) might well be the best scenario for the Democrats to preserve something resembling the current ideological balance on the Court.
Over on Slate yesterday, longtime professional Democratic functionary Bruce Reed, in his new blog "The Has-Been", lays out the case for the conventional wisdom that two court vacancies aren't better than one. Interestingly enough though, at least he does acknowledge that a two front confirmation war might well be disasterous for Bush or (at least one wing of) the GOP, depending on how Bush handles the situation...
Well, at least the Democrats have two things going for them: Bush's native incompetence, and the fact that Karl "Dumbya's Brain" Rove may be worried about Other Things (like making sure Bush has that pardon ready to sign)...
Len on 07.12.05 @ 06:47 AM CST
