White, conservative, and suddenly, The Most Popular Man in America.

Look, at the end of the day, I think JR's a good appointment to SCOTUS. But I'm going to jump out a window if I read another glowing review about his brilliance, his sense of humor, his decency, his ability to throw a football four city blocks, etc..

Really, kudos to Bush on this pick. I haven't given Bush outright kudos in what seems like ages, but he somehow managed to nominate a conservative that Dick Durbin is giving gifts to, that Hillary Clinton is going to vote for, and that the NYT (yes, the NYT) seems to think is the shizznit.