That's the kiss of death.
Heaven help me; I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing...
It's about time. Though he kept the Dems in good order during the hearings, he didn't exactly rush to support his President's nominee, did he?
Its not over. They already have their plan in place. They are going to now play the delay, delay, delay game. The dems will say that Roberts did not answer their questions and they need more information on him. They will demand additional documents and not get them. They will use this to justify a fillibuster. The dems MO is to obstruct any and everything.
Fine, let them. But Roberts clearly passed with the American public.
SPECTRE announced its support for Specter. SMERSH expected to follow.
Does that mean O'Connor's replacement has to be to the left of her in some deal?
But he also "advised" the president to send a moderate next time. Whattan idiot and an ungrateful one at that. Without Pres. Bush's help in the last election, Specter would now be a specter in of the Senate.
As much as it may pain people here to admit it, I think the whole "smooth road" for Roberts is courtesy of Sen. Specter, his repayment to Bush for the election support. I don't know what he'll do with the next appointee, but listening to the hearings, he was a bear on the Dems.
He said it on the Senate floor. I heard it too...
Specter has too high of an opinion of himself.
I made a mistake - this was actually a post to NRO's "Bench Memos" blog, not The Corner.
With Arlen's support - he'll be King of the Hill.
and with Lindsey ( I'll show John Edwards how to be a VP candidate ) Graham on his side - what can go wrong?
The fact that it's great good news that a Republican senator agrees to support a mildly conservative nominee to replace a mildly conservative justice says worlds about how the Senate GOP really works and what it believes.
I don't like that guy!