It'll be interesting to see if that Leibermann 'preapproved' thing is true. If so, gotta imagine the hard left is gonna go nuts on their own. If it gets bad, I wonder if they won't 'find' something to allow them to say 'Wait a sec, we didn't know that and get their war on.

At DU, many of them are saying that they shouldn't waste time on this fight, as he's probably going to be confirmed.

They want the Democrats to keep the focus on Rove.

Maybe Rove planned all of that, and the DUers are just cogs in his master plan...

Early announcement? Just yesterday they were complaining that he was dragging his feet in order to minimize the time they had to "debate" the candidate. What a bunch of loosers.

Not to brag (bullshit), but I married a very smart man.

He saw this one coming; and he further predicts (hope he's right on this) that the donks won't block him, because they'll be split.

AT LEAST HE IS WHITE. ONLY A LOSER CAN'T SPELL LOSERS, SCOT.

...and now he's yelling up to me from the TV room: "They're already flamin' him!"

Ben, I think you should go to hogonice.com and get the fucking joke.

From what I've read he sounds solid. And he was confirmed unanimously just a few years ago. It will be fun watching the confirmation. I was worried about this pick, but it turned out well.

From what I've read, he's always billed as a constructionist, conservative, "heartland kind of guy". BUT, some complain that he doesn't have a long enough paper trail to judge based on past decisions. The last thing we want, I think, is another SDoC -- Democrats call 'em "centrist", but we still get screwed.

Does anyone know what the hell Ben is talking about?

Is spelling "suRprise" wrong in the title supposed to be endearing, Ace? Because it really just makes my eyes hurt.

Later,
bbeck

You know what would be awesome.
If Bush's SC announcement were interspersed with those video clips of him giving the finger.

Dance.
That was fer you, Acey baby.