Early hopeful hint for Roberts?

NPR's (no conservative ally, usually) political editor, Ken Rudin, wrote this about Judge John Roberts today in a Q&A piece on npr.org :

"He is known to have a brilliant legal mind with impeccable credentials and unquestioned integrity."

And,David Boies, who argued before the court on behalf of Al Gore during the disputed 2000 presidential election, called Roberts "a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge," and a "decent man."

BUT, if this doesn't demonstrate how partisan certain groups are, regardless of ANY decision by President Bush- even if they favor those groups, then not much else will:

"Just after learning that President Bush planned to nominate federal appellate judge John G. Roberts Jr. for the Supreme Court, NARAL Pro-Choice America sent an electronic action alert yesterday to its 800,000-person network, encouraging members to call their senators and talk to friends about their opposition." [from WAPO]

They didn't even have to know WHO Bush would nominate! They had their "Defeat ____________ for Supreme Court" memos and bumper stickers all primed for distribution; just needed to fill in the blank, is all. Isn't that convenient?


BRAD