Checks and Balances

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Maureen Dowd points out the patently and screamingly ironic obvious this morning.

The Republicans are concerned about checks and balances.

... This is quite touching, given that the start of the 21st century will be remembered as the harrowing era when an arrogant Republican administration did its best to undermine checks and balances. (Maybe when your reign begins with Bush v. Gore, a Supreme heist that kissed off checks and balances, you feel no need to follow the founding fathers’ lead.)

This is exactly why the Repubs' sudden concern with Arlen Specter, David Souter, and the future of the republic is so ludicrous. But, then again, one would expect their mewlings to be nothing less.