Quick turnaround

The (Cincinnati) Post: Even for Washington, D.C., the speed with which the two sides swapped positions on failed Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers and the newest nominee, Samuel Alito, was neck-snapping.
The White House said it was a plus that Miers had gone to university and law school at Southern Methodist University, that she would bring to the court a needed perspective from outside the elitist Ivies. Prominent in the nomination of Alito was that he had gone to Princeton and Yale law.
Radical remake
Fifteen years ago, Democrats like Sen. Ted Kennedy found that Alito had "a distinguished record" and "a commendable career" when they unanimously approved his nomination to the circuit court. Now Kennedy finds him "extreme" and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid finds him perhaps "too radical for the American people."
In the nation's capital, shamelessness is an art form practiced by masters.