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By Carol Platt Liebau Posted in Analysis and Predictions — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

For my money, it would be a stroke of genius for the President to name his next Supreme Court nominee before the final vote on John Roberts, as discussed below.

If -- as a result of their opposition to the new nominee -- Democrats decide to oppose Roberts en masse, they risk showing the American people (who, as polls indicate, solidly back Roberts' confirmation) the nakedly partisan nature of their "advice and consent."

If, instead, the Dems decide to support Roberts in order to dramatize their opposition to the pending nominee, well, then they've essentially ratified his pratice of declining to prejudge cases, etc. etc.

Of course, the former phenomenon is more likely than the latter -- because all the left wing special interest groups like PFAW, NOW, etc. can command substantial portions of the Democratic caucus. But in any case, it would be entertaining to watch them squirm.