Hayden nomination: Brilliant or stupid?

[KevinTheOmnivore]

It's legality is in question, because the president went around the FISA courts to do it.

It's a matter of interpretation, one that Arlen Specter will hopefully bring into question soon.

On Hayden-- It's brilliant in that really stomach turning sort of way. Yeah, Bush has been referred to as the "campaigner-in-chief", but I would hope his appointments would be based on at least some experiential merit.

I think it's a risky political move, if putting the heat on the Dems is what he hopes to accomplish. I know security, security, security will be the last breath of life for the GOP this year, but they risk alienating a lot of Republicans in the process, between the NSA program and Hayden.