Roberts is much more widely known, and everyone who knows him says he is conservative.
Ed Meese knows and likes him, for instance, and Meese was one of the leaders in the opposition to Gonzales. Levin, Hewitt, and all the folks at National Review give him enthusiastic thumbs up.
I don't know that he's another Scalia, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility.
I sincerely hope he is genuinely a constructionist. I just hope the people who are praising him aren't doing so on the basis of his writings in cases while he was working for Reagan/Bush. As he himself has said, those aren't necessarily his views. There are public defenders all over the nation who work their tails off to prevent the conviction of someone that they believe is guilty. But they do it simply because it's their job to do it. Roberts' work in cases where his client was the US govt could have been for the same reason-it was simply a job. I hope not.
I really hope the Dems do grill him on abortion ... I'd like to hear his answers myself.
Though most likely he will decline to speak to the issue.
Roberts is a good Bahamian name. So the Bahamians, if no one else, will probably be pleased with this nomination.