THE REAL ASHCROFT NIGHTMARE

Have any liberals wondered what will happen if they fail to kill the Ashcroft nomination? They’ll have thrown everything they have at him and he’ll still survive. So what if he’s then nominated for the Supreme Court? Won’t there be over 50 Senate votes on the record in his favor for A.G.? Won’t it be a little hard for them to reverse themselves on a Court appointment? Personally, I think far less deference is owed the president in Supreme Court appointments than in Cabinet ones, and I’d vote against Ashcroft for the Court in a heart-beat. But Senators might be somewhat more constrained. I have a feeling that some liberals are setting themselves up for a fall with their blanket opposition. It’s important to kill the king, not just wound him. Their current campaign could be a dangerously half-assed measure. That Bush guy. He gets shrewder all the time.