Supreme Court Battle

I don't know much about the President's nominee for the Supreme Court, but it appears that he may be so non-controversial that nobody likes him. Ann Coulter has not much nice to say about the selection. If she's right, he may be confirmed by each side simply because they know the other side dislikes him. My jaw dropped when I read this line, which is shocking and yet probably true:

It means absolutely nothing that NARAL and Planned Parenthood attack him: They also attacked Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy and David Hackett Souter. The only way a supreme court nominee could win the approval of NARAL and Planned Parenthood would be to actually perform an abortion during his confirmation hearing, live, on camera, and preferably a partial birth one.

Ann also says some very encouraging things about the political state of our nation. If true, this really shows how much the mainstream media, the DNC and "Screaming Dean" have pulled the wool over the eyes of the public.

If the Senate were in Democrat hands, Roberts would be perfect. But why on earth would Bush waste a nomination on a person who is a complete blank slate when we have a majority in the Senate! We also have a majority in the House, state legislatures, state governorships, and have won five of the last seven presidential elections — seven of the last ten! We're the Harlem Globetrotters now - why do we have to play the Washington Generals every week? Conservatism is sweeping the nation, we have a fully functioning alternative media, we’re ticked off and ready to avenge Robert Bork . . . and Bush nominates a Rorschach blot.

This nomination is going to be interesting, that's for sure. W is pretty savvy, but this candidate does seem a bit odd. Even if he knows there will be other vacancies during his term, with only 9 positions to be filled, there's no room for "testing the waters" with a less than perfect candidate. I just hope he really knows what he's doing.