I just don't have enough information about Roberts to know if he's a good choice...and that's the problem.
I truly hope my concerns are alleviated. I hope that for once a "stealth" nominee will hurt the left.
But one question I do have: Even if Roberts turns out to be generally conservative in the mold of Rehnquist, why not go for the very best...a solid conservative in the mold of Clarence Thomas?
I realize that it probably has to do with strategy, but I believe we would win with the best possible choice...so why not take it all?
Now, if Roberts turns out to be like Rehnquist, and then Bush makes the next SCOTUS choice (after Roberts) even more conservative, then the strategy would seem have merit. This has yet to be seen.
I have a wide range of emotions over this pick. on the one hand I am relieved that it's not Gonzales, on the other hand I am concerned since I don't know where this guy Roberts is coming .
For now I am reserved about this choice until I have further info.
Rehnquist isn't a solid conservative?
Roberts is conservative. Period.
He is more like Rehnquist, but he is conservative.
Relax...Roberts is an excellent choice...he'll make us proud...you'll see he'll not be an activist jurist. We'll find him to be a constitutionalist not a constructionist as Gonzales is.
OBTW, if Mark Levin has given him his seal of approval...that tells the whole story.... ;o)