The Senate Judiciary Committee Votes In Favor Of Roberts

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• 1 - Eric Berlin

  Sep 23, 2005 at 1:40 am

  RJ -- You've not explained how, in your opinion, this will vote will play into the next presidential race.

• 2 - RJ

  Sep 23, 2005 at 2:04 am

  EB:
  
  In late 2007, there will be probably a dozen Dems running for President.
  
  And they will all bash Bush.
  
  And they will all talk about eliminating the portion of Bush's tax cuts that benefitted high-income earners.
  
  And they will all lament the situation in Iraq, whatever it is.
  
  So, a pretty homogeneous group, right? And in such a group of like-thinking people, only the big names will stick out, and therefore suck up a lot of media attention. Like, for instance, Hillary CLINTON.
  
  So. Some Dem with single-digit poll numbers would have brought up the Roberts nomination, had Hillary voted in favor of it.
  
  Because, two years from now, it is just about certain that Roberts will have written some USSC opinions that will greatly piss off the left-wing Dem faithful.
  
  But, Hillary wisely chose to vote against Roberts. And this helps her maintain her Leftist base from an assault against a future Leftist opponent.
  
  And she maybe, just possibly, might have spoken to her own husband about this...

• 3 - Eric Berlin

  Sep 23, 2005 at 3:47 am

  Still obsessed with the inner workings of the Clinton marriage, I see...
  
  In any event, you may be right about H Clinton looking to stave off a challenge from the left. As everyone knows, she's been looking (and largely succeeding) to stake out centrist ground.
  
  There've been recent rumblings about Al Gore himself, unshackled from the constraints of office, making an eventual bid from an aggressive environmentalist platform.

• 4 - Bob A. Booey

  Sep 23, 2005 at 5:08 am

  Really, Berlin? I'd be surprised at that. The environment is a good swing issue, but Gore seems to have settled into his life in the private sector to me, occasional fiery speech aside.
  
  I'd like to read more about Gore's ambitions if you have any links. You'd have to give him more respect than Kerry if he did choose to run, but Gore's not a winner in people's minds and he wouldn't beat out Hillary for the Clinton-era goodwill.
  
  Kerry, by the way, still wants to run, is hanging onto money he didn't spend from 2004, and is still e-mailing me constantly for PR purposes. He'll stay in until the party movers and shakers make it very clear that there's no money or support left for him to lose again.
  
  And people have sort of forgotten their outrage at the 2000 election results by now, or will have by 2008.
  
  That is all.

• 5 - Les Slater

  Sep 23, 2005 at 6:19 am

  “Because, two years from now, it is just about certain that Roberts will have written some USSC opinions that will greatly piss off the left-wing Dem faithful.”
  
  Really? Well, I suppose, the ‘left’ is easily pissed off. But I would not expect Roberts would make much difference.
  
  It’s not the ‘left’ that their worrying about, it is the broader population. Roberts is too smart to take on what he can’t win.

• 6 - Demi

  Sep 23, 2005 at 8:41 am

  Eric,
  We should all be interested in the Clinton marriage... after all.... Hillary is the brains of the outfit, I seriously doubt that Bill has that much going for him. At least as far as common sense is concerned.

• 7 - Eric Berlin

  Sep 23, 2005 at 8:47 am

  Bob - From the New York Post's Deb Orin:
  
  

  Even Katrina could boost Gore � he got a standing ovation when he did an I-told-you-so and blamed global warming for hurricanes at Bill Clinton's Global Initiative last week.

• 8 - Eric Berlin

  Sep 23, 2005 at 8:49 am

  Demi - Besides the fact that Clinton won the White House twice and is widely considered the brightest political mind of his generation, you may well be onto something.

• 9 - john kyle

  Sep 23, 2005 at 11:01 am

  Why was it important for US public to be made aware that Sen. Ted Kennedy was against having Roberts on the bench? Kennedy has a flawed past!