Politics and other nightmares

Oh, come on. Playing the race card or the gender card is the kind of drivel we've come to expect from diversity-obsessed liberals. Now we have to put up with from once-sensible Republicans?

We'll see this term if the Roberts court is willing to back off from the outrageous devastation of property rights in the Kelo decision.

The justices agreed to take up claims that regulators have gone too far by restricting development of property that is miles away from any river or waterway.

Here's why President Bush is in trouble but Democrats won't be able to capitalize on it (this is from the perspective of one person who supported Bush and wrote editorials endorsing him; it does not purport to speak for any other person or group):

So, this is what it takes to get into the Women's Hall of Fame? Follow your husband, ride on his coattails, ignore his philandeering, all because it advances your own ambitions, then lecture the rest of us on how important it is to let the whole village run your life? Oh, well.

I like Tom Hayhurst, both as a person and a councilman, and he's raising some money, so Democrats must think he has a shot at unseating Mark Souder in the 3rd District race. But it will be an uphill fight.

I believe it was just a couple of days ago when I observed that it's risky to bet against George Bush when it comes to political maneuvering. Sort through all these layers of intrigue and see who you think will come out on top. I love this stuff.

Harriet Miers' job application.

In tonight's paper, we have the presidential smackdown column by conservative commentator Geroge Will, which many are seeing as evidence that the right has had it with George W. Bush. It's definitely the hottest thing in the blogosphere right now. (The blogometer site, by the way, is a good one to check every day to keep track of what's being said on the major blogs.) Local blogger and former State Rep.

If case you're already thinking about the 2008 presidential election: Right now, it's pretty much Giuliani beats everybody.

Who says we can never get over our Red State-Blue State divide? With his selection of Harriet Miers to fill Sandra Day O'Connor's seat, President Bush seems to have united many on the left and the right. Lots of reaction in this nice roundup from the Wall Street Journal.