2) Unless Grant can read York's mind, Grant has no way of knowing if the confirmation observers are White House strategists or not. It is what Grant imagines, nothing more.
3) Grant said that these observers were wondering if Pryor was trying to torpedo the President's judicial agenda. There is nothing to support this assertion.
4) Not only that, but Grant said that York said these observers were wondering if Pryor was trying to derail the President's judicial agenda.
This article reads to me like a hit piece masquerading as a positive article. Grant was being either terribly sloppy or deceptive. Either way, it is wrong. And anyone with any objectivity who reads what Grant wrote and compares it to what York wrote will see that.
If you mean that it is a disguised hit piece against Pryor. I think is that highly unlikely given what Grant has written in the past.
If you mean that it is a disguised hit piece against most American politicians (D&R) and that Grant is contrasting Pryor's boldness and integrity with their political maneuvering... Well, ok that might be true.