To do away with the filibuster, if even only for judicial nominations, is remarkably heavy handed. I am truly surprised to see Bill Frist trying this. He just doesn’t have that kind of political clout (not yet). He obviously wants to have the path clear for getting a conservative into the next Supreme Court opening (a slot which is every President’s dream-of-dreams). If Frist can do it now, great. If he could do it as the next president, which he appears to have serious aspirations on, even better.

This is a man who got into the Senate as something of a moderate, and who in the last couple of years has worked tirelessly to pander to the hardcore, fascist right wing. This, along with the Terri Schaivo diagnosis-by-video-cassette, are some of the latest in a string of remarkably disturbing moves. He is solidifying the religious right base for the 2008 nomination. What’s every bit as scary as the fact that he seems to be the current favorite (even over Jeb Bush), is the fact that his dumb moves seem to be paying off amongst that group, no matter how much mainstream American may disapprove.

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