"Has Roberts done something on the court to prove he was a good choice and the type of judge we were hoping for?"
Well, since today was his first day, he really hasn't had a chance to do anything on the court yet. However, he gave several very telling answers during his hearing. Here's one that I particularly liked:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_100305/content/truth_detector.guest.html
Title is "Roberts destroys the Left in 44 seconds". Great sound bite.
There are still many unanswered questions about him though.
If he is saying that he will not overturn established rulings by previous courts then he will not bring about needed changes where activist judges have established laws that are clearly unconstitutional, then he will be useless and in effect a supporter of those laws .
I guess it is with him as it is with this one, a wait a see.
The reason that the base is so upset is because they have been lied to many times in the last forty years.
It doesn't mean they are right this time, but they feel and know that they have worked long and hard to deliver everything the Republicans have said they needed in the last ten years, a majority in the House,the Senate and the office of President and they know what they were promised nominees who shared their values [pro-life,pro gun, pro family] and they know there where many, many candidates that were more likely to share their values than these.
They also know when politicians after elections start exchanging big words like strict constructionist to describe what was plain words on the campaign trail they had better start watching their back.
They are upset that the best that the Republicans and the President gave them for their years of patience and hard work was a "maybe nominee" and coming from a career politician they know that is about near as nothing as you can get.
So even though it may be early and they may be wrong they certainly have the right to be upset considering the track records of politicians from both parties over the last forty years or so.
I pray for our country's sake and our children's sake we are wrong in our fears.