I know nothing about Roberts, but can tell a lot about a man by his enemies. Put Kennedy, Durbin and Schumer on one side against Roberts and that tells me the guy's probably OK.
In this debate, I'm not going to listen to a single Republican or pundit complaining about the opposition to Roberts if he actively opposed Breyer or Ginsberg. I didn't like the judicial philosophy of either, but they were qualified to be judges on the SC.
Likewise, I'm not listening to any Democrats or talking head complain about the power of the President to make the selection unless they did so when Clinton made his choices. I heard Hatch say that Bush talked to about 70 senators before announcing Roberts, and that is more than what was normally done.
And I welcome a showdown on the filibuster on nominees--I'm for an up or down vote no matter which party is in power.
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