Clueless, Reid Calls for Another Roberts

Reid seeks 'mainstream' nominee for US courtReuters
Wed Sep 21, 3:28 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said he will ask President George W. Bush on Wednesday that his second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court be "mainstream, not extreme."

With the court's balance of power likely at stake, Reid said he will make his case at a White House breakfast meeting with Bush and fellow Senate leaders.

The president's first Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts, appears headed toward Senate confirmation next week as the nation's 17th chief justice. Attention now is beginning to focus on who Bush may offer as his second nominee. That person would likely face a tougher fight.

The president invited Reid to the White House to discuss the pending nomination. They were to be joined by Senate Republican leader Bill Frist along with Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, and Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record) of Vermont, the panel's top Democrat.

Easing Roberts' path toward confirmation is the belief he would not shift the balance of power on the nine-member court. He would succeed the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who had been the court's conservative anchor for three decades.

A tougher fight is expected over Bush's next nominee, who would replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a moderate conservative who has been the swing vote on the often bitterly divided court.

Reid doesn't even realize how far out of the "mainstream" he and his cadre are. Senator, Roberts is as mainstream as it gets. What you are calling for is an extreme left-wing activist like Ginsburg. You are absolutely clueless.

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