From bad to worse

In case you've been too inundated with UN World Summit stuff, Roberts is heading towards confirmation for Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Officials in both parties say Roberts is likely to receive votes from several Democrats when his nomination reaches the full Senate. Among them are senators who represent Republican-leaning states or those who joined in a bipartisan compromise earlier this year to defuse a threatened showdown over the administration's conservative appeals court judges. Those ever-helpful Democrats are always there to see things through. Aren't we so lucky to have such a consenting and amicable "progressive" party?