Alito

Step one in the Bush recovery plan - Alito. Watch approval ratings bump combined with renewed conservative vigor as we take the fight to the far left. Dems will find themselves only slighthly less divided than over Roberts as any moderates left in their party will be feeling heat from the far left to fight the nomination, but any attempt to filibuster will make average voters believe even more strongly that the only thing Dems have to offer to the national debate is whining. Malkin has a good roundup, and Mudville Gazette has plenty of info.

Alito