I think this story signals an early attempt by the adminstration to keep the President untainted in Rove & Libby’s troubles. Tom Maguire burns this much more brightly here and here.

On tonight’s Real Time With Bill Maher, spicy right winger Ann Coulter said that she’d “be having champagne right along with [Maher] if Rove is indicted.” If the rumors of 22 indictments are true, I want to go over to Bill’s place and see what little Ann is like on that much booze.

This NYC stuff is ridiculous. The entire populous is infected with the idea that terrorism is preventable. It’s not. Get over it. Stop pretending that these dumbass warnings and random searches do any fucking good. Weirdos are going to occasionally make things very interesting over the next 20 years. The odds of you being the target of a terrorist attack are effectively zero. Move on with your lives.

So, there’s no conservative support for the nominee, but “she’ll be confirmed?” All of the conservative intellectuals are against this nomination. The left is against it (for the wrong reason). How long does she survive out there?

Good news from the judicial front… I often feel frustrated when I see courts deciding critical issues that I’m not sure they really understand.. but this was encouraging.