ABC: Harry Reid will vote against Roberts

(none) ^ | 9/20/2005 | ABC news - radio

[TChris]

Just heard on ABC radio news: Harry Reid will soon announce that he will vote against Roberts' confirmation for SCOTUS.

[South40]

Harry Reid must think he's important, or something.

Harry Reid thinks?

[savedbygrace]

So is this his clever way of revealing that Roberts will not be filibustered?

[b4its2late]

Committee vote is Thursday I believe.

[babaloo]

Yes. President Bush, in the spirit of bipartisanship, should choose someone all the Dems can get behind.

[jw777]

Skeletor lives.

[Wombat101]

I'm frightened....NOT!

[Lunkhead_01]

I'd love to hear his reasons. Perhaps he can claim Roberts is too smart? Or maybe Roberts knows what the Constitution says (and we cannot have a Justice who possesses such dangerous knowledge.)

[sofaman]

Yup...floored me..

[Sthitch]

I am not sure what I am going to do now. I am sure that the President really counted on Nancy Reid voting for Judge Roberts </sar>

[Polyxene]

What a pathetic old coot! I'm surprised Upchuck Schumer didn't beat him to the microphone!

[slowhand520]

If there are a significant amount of Democrat "No's". Then appointing a Janice Rogers Brown will be that much easier. It will look like the Dems are crying wolf for anyone Bush appoints

[Chuck54]

I think this is the first of many. The Democrats will oppose any nominee. I predicted 59-40-1 on the Senate floor with a straight party line vote out of committee. You know who will not be able to find the Senate floor.

Hope I'm proven wrong. Bush's poll numbers have given the Democrats new life and they consider him vulnerable on ALL fronts, even Supreme Court nominees.

[South40]

[demkicker]

Harry Reid must think he's important, or something.

LMAO! No kidding. Amazing what pissant Senators will do to get attention.

[Dog]

I'm glad they cleared that up...I was losing sleep over it.

[nikos1121]

Ask me if I care...I don't......Reid is inconsequential and an obstructionist like 90% of the rest of his party.

[dts32041]

Would some one send him back to New Zealand.

[half-cajun]

Actually, I am surprised. I didn't think even he could be that stupid. Now Bush shouldn't feel bound to nominate a "moderate". If they can't vote for Roberts they won't vote for anyone he nominates, so why try to placate them. Come on Janice Rogers Brown.

[hombre_sincero]

WHO's harry reid ?

[Coop]

The L.A. Times doesn't share your pessimism. :-) I wonder if the editors will now run a story blasting Harry Reid for petty partisanship? :-)