The recent Supreme Court ruling that awarded "personhood" status to corporations got me to thinking. Although it’s a big one, this is not the first gift they’ve given the GOP. Which leads me to conclude that when it comes to the wants and needs of the GOP, the Supreme Court is, in fact, "Santa Claus." And that explains a lot.

It explains why being "The Party of No" works so well for them; why they don’t actually have to "do" anything to get everything they want. All they have to do is sit there, like stone-faced John Boehner, say "no," and whatever it is, it’s theirs; makes no difference if they’ve been bad or good, Santa rewards them. And just look at the gifts they’ve received from various others this year, too: A brand-spanking-new filibuster; the "super-majority;" the comedy team of Baucus and Grassley; and Joe Lieberman, complete with a flagpole on which to fly his true colors.

One of the greatest gifts Santa’s ever given them, however, came wrapped in a somewhat more enigmatic package, inasmuch as it was orchestrated, bought, paid for and delivered, by the left: The decision handed down by the Supreme Court in January, 1973, in "Roe v. Wade."