It's Going to Get Messy

With all due respect to the passing of the late-great Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William H. Rehnquist this past evening, this could not have possibly come at a worse time for President George W. Bush. The last few weeks of August and the opening weeks of September have generally been known as the slow news season, so it was not surprising that the left-wing media practically joined themselves to the hip with ‘Peace Mom’ Cindy Sheehan and her cult of hippie Kool-Aid drinkers or in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina they placed the finger of blame squarely on the president for not sending federal aid quick enough (totally ignoring the fact that the ‘thug’ mayor of New Orleans failed to fill out a formal request for federal aid) or worse, accusing him of racism. Add on top of this his numbers in the polls have taken a nose-dive. Yeah, I do not necessarily trust those numbers either and, yes, they do not really matter to him since he was already re-elected to the presidency of the United States but it will matter for whoever runs for the presidency on the Republican ticket in 2008 (Condi! Condi!)

On top of all this, his numbers have slipped significantly as of late. Yeah, I do not necessarily trust those numbers either and, true, they do not really matter all that much to him since he has already been re-elected into office but it will matter for whoever runs for the presidency on the Republican ticket in 2008 (Condi! Condi!). The death of Rehnquist only adds fuel to the fire. The confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee John Robert’s, which a few weeks ago seemed to be a done deal, has been placed in jeopardy with the passing of Rehnquist. This may give the Democrats enough of a momentum to play the filibuster card to their hearts’ content, whereas before they would have had to wait for the chief justice nominee to come along to replace Rehnquist had he retired. This is going to get messy ladies and gentlemen, seriously messy.