Alito has a judicial history, and Harry Reid doesn't want him named. Those are two things already in Alito's favor.
Now, when Kerry, Kennedy, Pelosi, Boxer, and hClinton decry naming Alito, we will know he is a much better choice than Miers was.
But Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned that a nomination of Alito, or any other candidates too far to the right, could run into trouble.
"This is not one of the names I've suggested to the president," Reid said yesterday of Alito on CNN's "Late Edition."
"In fact, I've done the opposite," he said. "I think it would create a lot of problems."