Not only

did Rehnquist not step down, he died. Leaving not one, but two vacancies on the court and one of them the chief justice position. Shouldn't the chief justice come from an already sitting court? That's got me a bit confused. Roberts doesn't seem to have all that much experience on the bench anyway and now Bush is proposing that he be the next chief justice of the highest court in the land.

My court ignorance is showing but this situation looks worse and worse. Not only is Bush now having to contend with more and more people demanding answers and decisions about getting out of Iraq, he's having to attempt to deal with one of the biggest natural disasters ever here at home and now there's another Supremie down.

If his complete incompetence and tunnel vision weren't so fucking frightening and didn't have such enormous impact on so many people, it would be entertaining to watch him stumble around.