Gag Me With a Gavel

Apparently Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is "flattered to be mentioned as a possible Supreme Court candidate and would consider the job if it were offered."

Karl-Thomas Musselman (Isn't that a badass name?) of Burnt Orange Report has this analysis:

Of course, picking a sitting Senator (slightly better than picking your nose) helps Bush's chances of getting his nominee through, gasp, the Senate Judiciary Committee which Cornyn, gasp, is a member of! Then again, picking Cornyn means that Governor "Don't you dare run against me" Perry would get to anoint appoint a replacement. And that little issue makes this story particularly juicy, as if the Texas Republican "which office should I run for" dance wasn't complicated enough.

Maybe KBH could become Governor, and then appoint herself back to the Senate if she realized it wasn't all that it's cracked up to be. At which point Perry could battle off Strayhorn in a special election for Guv. Oh, the possibilities are endless...

I'd just like to point out that this is the same John Cornyn who earlier this year threatened judges with violence on the floor of the Senate:

I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. Certainly nothing new, but we seem to have run through a spate of courthouse violence recently that's been on the news and I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters on some occasions where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in - engage in violence.

Anyone who can make such irresponsible comments does not belong in a lifetime appointment to anywhere. But all this has to make you wonder... Is Cornyn seeking martyrdom?