The Nominee

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In my extensive twenty minutes of reading on the subject, here's what I've come up with:

John G. Roberts is a brilliant choice from Bush's perspective.

Having just hit puberty, he has a short judicial record. So there isn't much for Democrats to attack (assuming they've learned how to attack). He hasn't, for example, made any rulings related to Roe v. Wade.

And seeing as he just recently put on his "big-boy pants," he'll serve on the court for about a hundred years.

There's also apparently no doubting the size of his brain. He graduated from Harvard in three years (at the age of seven, I think), and has been described as the smartest guy/kid in any room.

He's apparently well-known and well-liked as a Washington insider by many on both sides of political spectrum.

But man, oh, man, his political beliefs are clear as day. He's joined staunchly conservative think tanks, built an enormous legal practice with corporate clients, wrote a brief arguing against the Roe v. Wade decision in the first Bush administration (when Johnny was 11), acted as a proponent of states' rights, upheld the arrest and shackling of a 12-year-old girl for eating a French/Freedom fry on a subway platform, and (very recently) supported Bushie in his administration's drive to conduct war crime tribunals against suspected terrorists at Gitmo.

Most significantly, perhaps, is that lucky, lucky Dubya, with this nomination, takes the attention off of Boba Rove for a while because, as we all know, the folks in Washington can only focus on one thing at a time.

We'll see how events unfold...