Well today had two big developments in politics. First John Roberts was confirmed as Supreme Court Chief Justice by a margin of 78-22.

Roberts Takes Oath as Chief Justice

"John G. Roberts Jr., a conservative protege of the late William H. Rehnquist, succeeded him Thursday and became the nation's youngest chief justice in two centuries, winning support from more than three-fourths of the Senate after promising he would be no ideologue.

Roberts, at 50, becomes the 17th chief justice, presiding over a Supreme Court that seems as divided as the nation over abortion and other tumultuous social issues. The court opens a new term on Monday."

Well an interesting side note is that a man of 50 years is the Chief Justice and yet there are several judges with 15+ years of supreme court experience that are now going to basically be taking cues from this youngin'. Interesting.

Next big development:

Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe

"After nearly three months behind bars, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released Thursday after agreeing to testify about the Bush administration's disclosure of a covert CIA officer's identity.

Miller left the federal detention center in Alexandria, Va., after reaching an agreement with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald. She will appear Friday morning before a grand jury investigating the case.
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Her source was Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, reported the Times..."

Oh boy. This could get interesting. I hope Rove and Libby both go down, they are everything that is disgusting about politics these days. It seems like we are quickly moving back to the times of Nixon, and I hope these guys get what is coming to them if they compromised the security of this country.

The AP actually ended this story with a point that I have been trying to make to people who try to say that Judith Miller should not have been jailed, and that this is an attack on the media.

"The news media is in a less-than-ideal position in the Plame probe.

The reporters' sources — rather than being whistle-blowers exposing wrongdoing and facing retaliation if identified — are government officials whose motives in leaking appear to have been to undermine the credibility of a critic of the Bush administration."

YES this is what this is truly about.