Annika, being the smater-than-most Law student that she is, telegraphed the Democrats’ obstruction strategy within minutes of watching Sen. Schumer and Dick Durbin’s reactions to the announcment:

On CNN, Durbin told Larry King that they intend to be deliberate and they need to ask a bunch of questions, and that they’re entitled to ask Roberts’ opinion on past cases like Roe. At an earlier press conference Schumer said that he voted against Roberts before* because Roberts would not answer certain questions.

So the strategy is to ask questions that the Democrats know a judicial nominee cannot answer according to the rules of judicial ethics, then claim that he’s hiding something. They also plan to drag out the hearings, to enable their operatives to manufacture a “scandal,” their allies in the media to publicize the “scandal,” and the lefty blogs to whip up outrage over the “scandal.”

* Which is misleading, since Roberts was confirmed unanimously. Shumer voted no in committee.

Or, as ProteinWisdom put it:

Durbin and Schumer are already making the kind of whiny noises one expected them to make when Bush didn’t nominate Patricia Ireland.

Actually, PW, I think that Durbin and Schumer would have made the same whiny protestations had Bush nominated Ireland—simply because they oppose everything, no matter what it is, that President Bush supports.

Hell, if President Bush had nominated Dick Durbin, the traitorous-Sen from IL would have spontaneously and instantly opposed his own nomination before he stopped to consider it…it’s a knee jerk reaction; they are helpless to fight their own hate, even when it is for their own good, or—God-forbid—the good of the country.

But the Left will fail. I’ll take any and all bets to the contrary. And John G. Roberts Jr. will be the next Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Wednesday, July 20th, 2005 | Trackback |