pundits

Well this is really a shocker and I don't know how to read into it yet

Alito, handling his first case, sided with inmate Michael Taylor, who had
won a stay from an appeals court earlier in the evening. Chief Justice John
Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas supported lifting
the stay, but Alito joined the remaining five members in turning down
Missouri's last-minute request to allow a midnight execution.

Complete article can be read

here.

This is very interesting. Will we hear right wing pundits bitching that they
should of voted against him now? Only time will tell. It is only his first
ruling.

This should really spark a heated discussion and calls of partisanship from
the right:

Former Vice President Al Gore will deliver a scathing speech Monday at
Constitution Hall in Washington -- just blocks from the White House -- at
which he will declare America is faced with a constitutional crisis, RAW
STORY has learned.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day speech is set to take place at noon at
the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall. Gore will be
introduced by onetime Georgia Republican congressman Bob Barr.

A source close to the erstwhile vice president related details of Gore's
expected speech to RAW STORY Thursday. The source noted that Gore prepares
the final editions of his speeches just before he delivers them, but that
the tenor of the speech would focus on what the Tennessee Democrat has
described as a President acting above the law

Article continues

here.

We can expect the right wing pundits to counter with "Gore is trying to set
the stage for a 2008 White House run" or something along those lines. One key
here is the fact that Bob Barr will be introducing him. Barr has been one of the
most outspoken people on the right when it comes to condemning Bush's
warrantless wiretaps.

Rasmussen
polling has a new poll out that is putting Bush at a 46% approval rating. This
of course is sending the pundits into a glory spin.
Newsmax
has already picked up on this poll and is calling it Bush's rebound.

So why does Rasmussen put Bush so high. Well
let's look at the break down of responses:

This is an example of how you can manipulate a poll. Most pollsters ask
simply if you approve or disapprove of the President's job. This of course adds
an extra factor into the data. If this question was asked with only the two
options chances are his approval rating would be much lower.

 It should also be noted that Rasmussen's lowest rating for Bush has
only been 43%. His approval rating was also this high a month ago during the
Mier's nomination and all other problems.  Their numbers are way off base
from all the other main stream polls.

Of course this doesn't sway the opinion of sites like NewsMax. They even
praise this as being a more reliable poll over
Newsweek. Here
is their explanation why: