Here's another fine Bush nominee to the federal bench. When the Chimp tried to put this fellow on the district court last year, the nomination died. And so now Rove or Cheney's idea is to put him on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Did I miss something, or do we now have a Democrat-controlled Congress? If we do, this one should be laughed off the Hill without further discussion. I'm all for playing to the middle for the next round of elections, but they're 17 months away, and this guy's way to the right. Come on, people -- we sent a message last November. Try to get it.