[Southack]

"Frist you might as well crank up that constitutional option right now because YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE IT!"

As I said in post #5 on a much earlier thread...a Prime Time announcement of his nominee means that President Bush is PICKING A FIGHT with the Dems.

Life is good.

[LS]

1) Bush likely doublecrossed Arlen "Scottish Law" Spector by feeding him a line of mulberry crap about Gonzolez and naming Roberts.

2) Bush tied up the entire news media all day speculating about an ACCEPTABLE woman while he was naming an extraordinary man!

3) Bush has now raised the bar for the Dems to opposed the next pick of a WOMAN to be CJ---Jones perhaps.

4) By moving the court solidly right, he has increased the pressure on Stevens and Ruth Buzzi to beat it. Who wants to be on the losing side all the time? Look for one of them (or both) to bail.

This was beyond a home run. Lindsay Graham was on Hannity talking like Attila the Hun, warning the Dems that they did NOT include a USSC pick as an "extraordinary circumstance."