Analysis of the Piersol TRO

Political Brief has more keen insights on the temporary restraining order issued by Judge Piersol early this morning. Excerpt:

Given the judge’s relationship with Daschle and the order he did finally issue, Judge Piersol must have entered his chambers with his mind struggling over how to craft an order that would allow his friend to save face without completely vitiating his obligation to uphold the rule of law.

So the reality for Daschle is an embarrassment, but Judge Piersol has give given him a pretext for arguing it was a win. It appears that at, least with the Argus Leader, Judge Piersol and Daschle succeeded. And there was a time when that would have been enough. Have we passed that point? Have the collective resources of the Internet and efforts of all the people covering this farce last night exposed this subterfuge for all to see?

Maybe. The truth, however, is that the vast majority of South Dakotans don’t read this blog or DvT or SDP or any other political blog. If they did, Daschle would probably lose today, and it wouldn’t be close.