It's A Boy!

Sorry about the bubble gum, George, but if you want a decent cigar, you gotta give us a decent nominee

Of course, that's not going to happen. We've got a lousy President and a lousy Senate majority and the price we pay is lousy judges and justices. The fact that John Roberts may not be the worst possible choice doesn't mean he's an acceptable choice from a Democratic perspective. He's a bad choice and, barring some pretty stunning revelations from somewhere or someone, he's going to be a Supreme Court Justice. Oh sure, we could invest all the opposition energy we could muster and maybe get around him, but as Shakespeare's Sister points out, "Behind Roberts, there are 10 more waiting just like him, or worse. More and more and more of the same—until we stop them in their tracks."

Problem is, of course, that the place to stop them is the polls, and there's time for plenty of damage to be done while we wait. In the meantime, I think the soundest advice I've seen comes from Steve Soto.

Harry Reid should make sure that the Democrats make Roberts explain everything and go on the record with his views to the degree possible. They should make the White House work for this one. Reid should keep as many votes in his column against Roberts as he can. And he should forget a filibuster and get this one behind him and get the focus back to more damaging issues for the White House. Why? Because the White House is expecting a long, attention-diverting fight on this nominee, a nominee that the GOP Senate knows they have the votes for already.

We're going to lost this one, and we're not going to like it, but there are plenty of fronts we can win on, and that's where our real battles should be waged.