Raining on the Parade

I don't want to rain on anybody's parade, but when the dust settles, I think the Republicans are going to have a two-pronged response to this week's amazing events, one that will allow them to have their cake and eat it too.To appeal to primary voters, they'll call for the impeachment of Roberts and Kennedy and for the election of a truly conservative president who will nominate nine more Scalias. Supporting a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman at a time and equating publicly-mandated and partially-subsidized insurance with tyranny will be as important a litmus test for their national candidates as being pro-life and pro-gun.

To appeal to white, socially-conservative Democrats in the general election, they'll argue that a conservative Supreme Court isn't such a terrible thing, that when it comes to keeping millions insured, or being on the right side of history vis-a-vis gays and ex-slaves, even a far-right court will rise to the occasion.It's important to remember that the people that own them are the primary voters (and contributors).