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By Leon H Wolf Posted in The Courts — Comments (1) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Dear Distinguished Committee Members,

I have to confess, I'm a little disappointed with your response to my first letter. It seems that you haven't decided to heed my advice at all - and I'm hearing today that it's possible that all of you except (certainly) Kennedy and (perhaps) Biden are going to vote for John Roberts? Chuckie Schumer, say it ain't so!

Do you mean to tell me that you think it's a bad idea to take strategy advice from these two? That "getting 34 No votes" isn't a victory? I mean, c'mon, I thought we had an understanding!

You know, of course, that you're providing some great incentive for Bush to send up another pick who's just like Roberts, and I think that's pretty much a loser for both of us. It's bad for you, because you lose a perfectly good opportunity to pontificate about the evils of "Emilio Garza's America," which would presumably involve the internment (or at the very least deportation) of all minorities. Forget about the facts, we're talking about political theater here - and I'm sure you'll agree that it's not very emotionally satisfying to have to invent the radical conservativism of your opponent, especially when there are real life radical conservatives out there that you'd rather be hysterical about. Plus, you get the added benefit of keeping your funding base happy, and losing less folks to the Green Party next election.

And hey, between us, we're pretty sure that we got the short end of the stick in trading Rehnquist for Roberts, which is what usually happens with Republican nominees who have no paper trail (see Souter, David. See also O'Connor, Sandra Day. See also Kennedy, Anthony.) So we're pretty much in favor of the President not having incentive for throwing unknowns up there.

So you see there? It's a win-win for us both. I hereby renew my call for bipartisan comity, expressed in a good old-fashioned party-line vote. It's not too late for you to change your mind and go 10-8 tomorrow. Then, later, we can really put the screws on Max Baucus and see if we can't forge a 55-45 final tally. Whaddya say?

It's not about this nominee, after all, it's about the next one.

Regards,
Leon H