The negative political fallout for the GOP is going to be huge. I know that it's the norm for the party in the WH to lose congressional seats in an off-year but I'm afraid that the GOP is going to lose a LOT of seats in '06.
Fools rush in... :(
I do not see huge fallout in this case one way or the other.
I mean, Judge Greer looks like the kind of activist judge the GOP has complained about. The Dems cannot defend this guy too hard, or else it is going to hurt them in a Supreme Court fight.
The GOP had little to lose by forcing the issue. It has opened fault lines, though, and they will need to be dealt with by 2008. Maybe there is a realignment coming.