Downward Spirals Department
Courtesy of Howard Bashman, I came across Supreme battle looms for Rehnquist successor by Andrew Miga in the Boston Herald. Here is a snippet:
- Liberal and conservative groups alike are mounting pre-emptive strikes, plotting strategy, raising money, planning public opinion polls, researching prospective nominees and organizing networks of supporters for what is expected to be the most explosive confirmation fight in decades.
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- People for the American Way, a high-profile liberal group, has already put together a Supreme Court confirmation war room replete with nearly three dozen computers. Such conservative groups as the American Center for Law, meanwhile, have already amassed a war chest of more than $3 million for the anticipated fight.