[mburbank]

Being young can be a good thing, too. He could be possibly be less entrenched in his views and once he has the ol' lifetime appointement he could drift toward the center. It's happened. On the other hand he could drift right out of right field, climb the wall and go stark raving crackers, too.

I didn't mean that a Supreme court nominee wasn't more important than the Rove thang. I meant making the pick this early, stirring the media pot with the now obviously scripted Laura Bush call for a female nominee and public presence of a female jurist hanging with Bush and then the prime time news conference announcement stuff was all about getting Rove off the front page.