The crew over at the Alternate Brain make a really really excellent point. Who the fuck cares if the Supreme Court is down two justices, (well one really, because O'Connor said she'll hang around until a replacement is sworn in). Preznit Pickle Humper has one consistent thing going for him in the five-plus years he's been in charge: Really, Really bad/shitty/awful/horrid appointments to everything. Chertoff, Brown, Rice, The entire NeoCon cabal, you name it. Roberts is just another hack lawyer who gave loyal service in the 2000 election debacle in Florida, suppressing the vote and constitutional process there.

Any Democrat who does not oppose both Roberts and whomever Preznit Foul Ball nominates for Recent Corpse Rehnquist (who, by the was also a hack lawyer appointed by Nixon) deserve neither our support, money, time or consideration. We need to start letting them know that NOW! Because sure as the sun comes up in the East, Preznit Eternal Vacation will start chatting up every Democrat who could filibuster a nomination with empty promises, cajolery, and ultimately threats as soon as the moldering corpse of Rehnquist is kicked into the ground at an over-priced funeral in the District.