WHY NOT JUST CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE?:

The Wrong Battle: John Roberts is the best Supreme Court nominee a left-wing partisan could hope to get out of this White House. (Eleanor Clift, Sept. 23, 2005, Newsweek)

Here’s a mind game: if the vote to confirm John Roberts were a secret ballot, would most Democrats vote for or against him? My guess is that Roberts would rack up numbers like Ruth Bader Ginsburg (96-3) and Stephen Breyer (87-9)—both appointed by President Clinton—if Democrats didn’t have to placate party activists so angry at President Bush they believe he should be opposed at every turn.

When even Ms Clift notices you're in the grip of Derangement Syndrome it's time to worry.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 26, 2005 7:10 AM