Uh-Oh. This One's About to Go to Eleven.

I guess this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, as she’d mentioned wanting to retire during the 2000 election debacle (when her vote was one of the five that handed the presidency to Bush). Still, everyone’s been so focused on Rehnquist retiring, we forgot about Sandra Day.

Anyway, use whatever analogy you like (I’m partial to, “Watch the cultural conservatives go from zero to frothy”), we’re in for a shitstorm of a debate. Nuclear option? That's nothing. When the dust settles, get ready for a run on coat hangers, a rash of women throwing themselves down stairs, and an epidemic of rappers punching their girlfriends in the stomach.