That plays right into something I stumbled onto this morning BP, this hilarious NYTimes piece:

Glum Democrats Can’t See Halting Bush on Courts

“Disheartened by the administration’s success with the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., Democratic leaders say that President Bush is putting an enduring conservative ideological imprint on the nation’s judiciary, and that they see little hope of holding off the tide without winning back control of the Senate or the White House.

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In interviews, Democrats said the lesson of the Alito hearings was that this White House could put on the bench almost any qualified candidate, even one whom Democrats consider to be ideologically out of step with the country.”

Imagine that. Dems and even the NYTimes have discovered that if they want to weild power and appoint judges, they’re going to have to win elections.

Elections have consequences, they’ve figured it out. OK, who told them?

Next thing you know they’ll discover that in order to win elections they’re going to have to adopt policies supported by the majority of voters.

Great minds think alike.