Harry Reid Just Says No
CNN says Top Senate democrat opposes Roberts. Harry says he doesn’t have enough information to be comfortable voting for Roberts, especially since the White House refused to give the Senate all of the documents that were requested.
The White House responds:
Dana Perino, White House deputy press secretary, said in response to Reid’s remarks that Roberts was “clearly qualified in terms of intellect, ethics and temperament, and it would be unfortunate if some in the Senate use his confirmation to seek to change the historic approach to Supreme Court confirmations.”
Apparently no one in this White House can remember what “advice and consent” means. The Republicans have totally changed the procedure for handling nominations of all kinds and have politicized the process. The historic approach was to consult with the Senate before making nominations, and to release documents 12 years after a President left office.
