Original Intent?

Miers has bitten the dust. Fair minded people should prepare themselves, for Justice Jesus is in the wings.

This is so appetizing a development for the right because they will now get to frame the debate the way they like. Screw what really matters, we'll have wedge issues on the front page every day. The dems will have no choice but to filibuster Judge Jesus which will likely lead to the so called nuclear option where the Republican led Senate changes the rules of the game and fundamentally changes the nature of one branch of government.

Concurrently we will have corruption trials of Republicans everywhere. The Plamegate probe will likely widen to include the Italian forgeries. If possible, we're going to be much more divided as Republicans, under fire, go to the mattresses and Dems amp up the red meat as the 2006 election cycle gets under way.

The next year will be fucking chaos. While I admit being a limited fan of political anarchy, I'm feeling a pretty good dose of Weltschmerz. Why can't movements spring up from the Center? Pragmatism will go the way of the dodo bird taking with it any hope of sensible debate. Cindy Sheehan will likely end up self-immolating on the White House lawn, while James Dobson will hold the "Million-Fetus" march on the mall.