The New York Times previews the upcoming nomination fight, which can apparently be concisely summarized by the following two statements:

1. If Bush nominates anything less than a frothing-at-the-mouth conservative, the right will never support him in anything ever again.
2. If Bush nominates a frothing-at-the-mouth conservative, the left will never support him in anything ever again.

The long and short of it: somebody's going to be seriously pissed off.