What’s most impressive about the nomination of John Roberts is how the White House made it into the unstory.
I don’t see the blogs going crazy. There isn’t much to say. Atrios very briefly had a moment’s hope that Roberts had a connection to Iran-Contra. Oops. Wrong John Roberts. Nevermind.
We’re not hearing scandals or scandalous opinions from the guy. We’re not hearing any particular protest that he’s the whitest white guy they could find.
The TV pundits and blathershows and the columnists aren’t using their scarce ink and airtime to probe every Roberts angle because there aren’t any.
As I mentioned below, Kos et al were already moving on — like the good political strategists they are — to figure out how to find victory in defeat. And they’re back to hammering the Rove story.
In an absolutely bizarre post today, PowerLine defends Roberts against gay gags (because he was once caught in plaid pants).
It is the unstory.
Nonetheless, Howard Kurtz’ Reliable Sources is talking about Roberts coverage and reaction on CNN this Sunday and I’ll be on. Gee, I hope they don’t think it’s going to be so quiet that they have to invite Bernie…..
