OMG, this is terrible!

O'Connor resigned - what was she thinking? I don't see why this couldn't wait another three years. Retiring is entirely within your control; dying is not, and who knows if some of the other guys (Rehnquist) will last until the regime change?

"Democrats warned President Bush not to try to appoint someone whose views they consider extreme. Republicans, meanwhile, signaled that they were girding for a fight."

So moderate/centrist views are too much to ask. The Republicans KNOW they're taking advantage. OMG...