Bush is nominating a person who has never sat on the Supreme Court to be its Chief Justice? Is he really that stupid? If I were a Republican I would be appalled. Nominate Thomas or Scalia or something, at least those nut balls have experience on the Court. The only other thing this could amount to is an opportunity for more dissent regarding Roberts' nomination. If there was some hesitation last week, there will certainly be more now. So Roberts was a clerk for Rehnquist. So what? Any jackass can learn to look up cases on a database and type up someone else's dictation. A justice must be able to THINK, and placing someone with no experience for the culture of the Supreme Court into its position of leadership is dangerous and can only amount to confusion and upheaval in the Court.

I honestly think Bush has just given up on trying to be political, because he's come to realize, a) he is incapable of compromise or rational discourse and b) he's comfortably in his second term. He doesn't give a shit about the reputation of the Republican Party or what the populace thinks. He figures he's in his second term, he's got all of his buddies in positions of power, and he'll just set everything up to his liking now that he is in a practically untouchable position. The members of his party should be protesting. Bush has shown and angry, violent disregard for common sense and American democratic values. Bush's motto should be "Ask not what you can do what your country, but what your country can do for you!" Asshole.