Let The Games Begin

President Bush's nomination of John Roberts for the Supreme Court will undoubtedly dominate the media and blogosphere for the next few weeks. For a summary of what the Left will do to block his nomination, and I am confident they will do so even without any basis, Powerline has provided the analysis:

"It didn't matter whom President Bush nominated. The Democrats were poised to attack, and they would have unleashed whatever ammunition they could muster regardless of who the nominee was. "People for the American Way" and other extreme-left groups were faxing out packets of attack materials on John Roberts within minutes after his nomination was announced."

Ultimately, Roberts will be confirmed. The question is how long will it take. The Democrats are faced with a choice: 1) go after Roberts, or 2) get Roberts out of the way and go back to Rove.

The grand jury in the Plame case will be held until October. If the Senate hearings on Roberts get stalled, then there will be no story on Rove until the grand jury is done, after which time, Rove will have been cleared of any wrongdoing. However, if the Democrats let Roberts through, they can go back to Rove and continue their folly. Either way, they'll lose, it's just a matter of what they want to keep on the front page of the NYT for the next 3 months.