President Bush is "in the clutches of the most reckless parts of the extreme right wing."

Senator Edward M. Kennedy has written me a letter, raising the alarm about a number of grave dangers. Did you know that President Bush has a "wish list" with this at the top:

Turn the Supreme Court into the Enforcement Arm of the Ultra-Right – Pack the court with far-right ideologues who will turn back the clock on half a century of progress on civil rights, economic progress, and the environment.

Well, I guess they drafted the letter before Bush actually picked someone for the Supreme Court, so we mustn't be too hard on poor Mr. Kennedy. He worries a lot, you know. And the letter was kind of dashed off without proofreading. I mean, "progress on ... progress"?