Bush responds by nominating a candidate who will allow Democrats to avoid fighting on their weakest ground – substance. He has given us a Supreme Court nomination that will placate no liberals and should please no conservatives.

I've been thinking the radical right was a little too happy about Roberts. Thats no good. If the radicals are happy the moderates will be worried. If the moderates are worried the man won't be approved. 24 hours in the wake of the nomination there was this terrible vacuum of radical conservative opposition. So Coulter is deployed on cue. She should generate enough noise to make the appearance of balance in the process. She also gets to benefit from the I told you so later on when Roberts inevitably diverges from hardline thinking. Good work if you can get it.