It's happening in Iowa and in the Senate. Senator Grassley is being served a small, sharp warning from his home state about his lead role in refusing to consider any Obama-appointed replacement for Scalia on the Supreme Court.
As Mr. Grassley listened to his critics in the Senate chamber, a potentially strong Democratic challenger unexpectedly stepped forward in Iowa to run against him. It was another sign of increasing pressure on Mr. Grassley, whose bid for a seventh term had been all but assured before the Supreme Court vacancy arose. ...NYT
It may be only pressure, but the real possibility of Grassley losing serves as a reminder to a drunk and disorderly Republican party that their current run against the Constitution may be more short-lived than they expect. Democrats in Grassley's home state are getting serious about replacing the 82-year-old senator. Meanwhile, one of the President's choices for the Scalia seat on the Court is an Iowa judge who has been a favorite of Senator Grassley.
One of the problems in this blogger's household over the past several days has been a dog who has Rolled In Something. The smell is nasty and hard to get rid of, not unlike the stench of intransigence coming from Grassley's seat in the Senate -- and as chair of the Judiciary Committee -- and perhaps also from the entire Republican side of the aisle.
