Google hasn't indexed them, but Mike and I discussed Sunstein a bit in the context of a NYTimes Magazine article from earlier this year tha (pay-only, not bothering eith the link) about the "Constitution in Exile" movement. Here's a nice TalkLeft critique of a Sunstein piece on fallout from a more conservative judiciary. I thought that somewhat topical, given the Roberts nomiation, and figured I'd throw it out there.

Speaking of Roberts, Howie Kurtz genuflects in the face of the White House nomination kung fu.

A prime-time announcement that bamboozles the press, draws a bigger television audience, knocks Karl Rove off the front page and limits the time for reporters to dig up controversial information?

Not a bad night's work.

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MSNBC's Abrams says Bush threaded the needle: "He's just conservative enough to satisfy the base and yet there's not enough on paper for the liberal groups to get him."

The morning analyses, if you read between the lines, seem to say: shrewd choice.

Atrios has a nice CNN transcript snippet that leads me to ask, "SCLM or JPCH (just plain craven hacks)?"