not to bring a knife to a gunfight. |
Nothing better exemplifies the chasm of difference between how the left and the right think about the courts. The wisdom we want is the wisdom to defend the structure of our system for everyone. What they're really saying is that the judge should bend or break the law in order to achieve a favorable short-term result. |
Once a nominee starts taking strong public positions, the cat is out of the bag. |
Steve understands the campaign-like nature of current judicial confirmations, and that the day-to-day pushback and defining the nominee can make all the difference between success and failure. |
The left is doing its predictable show of hysterical scare-mongering. |
The more shrill and hysterical they get, the more they isolate themselves. |
The people who would know have not been talking to anybody but each other. The message broadcast by the White House up to this point has just been to focus on an orderly process for Roberts. |
The president has got 55 votes and probably a couple of Democratic votes as well. He has a lot of leeway here. |
They want him to all but commit to vote in certain ways, and when he won't answer those questions, they'll claim he's not being forthcoming and that they have no choice but to vote against him. |
This shows the degree to which liberal Hollywood is financially supporting the leading groups attacking the president's court nominees. |
We don't tell the White House who they should consider, but our organization is close to the White House. Historically, we have been a source of strategic advice to the White House in defending it's nominees. |
We're attempting to drive a wedge between red state senators and liberal interest groups. |