Back Door Defeat of Roberts?

It is stories like this one here: LINK
(Pulled from Huffington Post, I wonder if Arianna needs a man, 'cause I ain't busy.....)

that make me think that some parts of the Democrats and the Left are hoping to defeat Roberts by making conservatives think that Roberts is another Souter. While the prospect of the president having to fight off a Conservative challenge to his Authoritah would be hilarious, especially in light of the damage it would do to his reputation in the sense that internal GOP fights are always nasty and not good for their party, do WE as leftists really want the president to withdraw this guy and nominate someone more like what the far right really wants?

I don't think we do, so I don't know if this is a good strategy, inasmuch as it is a strategy at all. It is possible that Conservatives are so worried about this nominee, that they are 1) more worried that the Left and Democrats, and 2) they are already gearing up to fight the president on this one.

If that is true, we may be in for a more interesting fall than I expected. While I am convinced that Tax Reform is going to be the next big White House push, it is possible that its roll out will be delayed until after the nomination fight. The reasoning behind such a delay is that I am almost positive that the Tax Reform push is going to be timed for the elections next year. It is also possible that the rumored troop withdrawls from Iraq could be used in both election capacity and to sell tax reform, in the sense that the GOP might claim, "the war is over so we don't need as many taxes anymore", as if we somehow collectively sacrificed for this war. Push come to shove though I don't think there is any appetite for tax reform in this country, and despite Bush's best efforts, I don't see any major bill getting passed. Of course, it all depends on whether or not the national Democrats stand up to Bush on the Tax reform bill when it comes up.