Ed Kilgore and I are discussing the politics of the seemingly impending Rehnquist retirement over at TPMCafe. Ed seems to be thinking along the same lines I was yesterday evening — that if President Bush must get to choose Rehnquist’s successor, let it be now. Far better politically for the Democrats, far better shot at a better (or at least, a less bad) conclusion.
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