Feinstein complimentary after meeting SCOTUS nominee Roberts

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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/12218851.htm

Feinstein complimentary after meeting SCOTUS nominee Roberts

ERICA WERNER

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., met one-on-one with Supreme Court nominee John Roberts on Monday, emerging to compliment him as modest, thoughtful and impressive.

"He clearly is, I think, a very unusual person, because you do get the direct feeling of humility and modesty, and yet he apparently is very precise in his writing, his judging, his ability to put cases together when he was an attorney," said Feinstein, the only woman on the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee that will hold hearings on the nomination.

"I don't think there's anybody on the court quite like he will be in that sense, because my sense is that he really grapples with the law and the interpretation of the law rather than any extraneous points of bias," she said after the hour-long meeting in her office.

But Feinstein, who voted for Roberts for his appeals court seat two years ago, said she would have trouble supporting his elevation to the Supreme Court if she determines he would vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

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[fooj]

1. "Bye-bye, Judas"

:rant:

[JDPriestly]

2. She is being diplomatic and tactful.

I can see what she is thinking. How she decides on Roberts will depend on what comes up in the committee hearings. She is saying she likes him as a person, respects his legal skill, but is reserving his judgment.

I think her tactics are right. Roberts may be the best we can get. He should be considered carefully but fairly.

[lancdem]

7. Exactly

Some people on this thread are acting like she said she'll vote for him.

[Kelvin Mace]

8. If he is the best Bush can give us

then we should turn him down and tell Bush to try again.

The guy hasn't been a candidate a week and the lying has already started.

[ConfuZed]

10. If Bush captured a bunch of democrats and took a dump on them...

She would still be diplomatic and tactful. (In other words she's the female version of joe liberman minus the b... (clears mind) :)

[Doctor_J]

3. Can't CA find a Dem to run against her next time?

:shrug:

[brentspeak]

5. She's one of the few DLC-types that

can easily be replaced with another Democrat. I ordinarily am dead-set against "getting rid" of DLC-DINO types if it means that a Republican will be able to take their seat (unless, of course, in the 0.001% chance that the Republican might actually be more of a Democrat than the Democrat), but Feinstein is a different case. This is California, and there should be no shortage of good replacement Democrat nominees who can win Feinstein's seat. Her sucking-up to anti-worker/free-trade groups and Condi "9/11" Rice puts her firmly in the DINO-category.

[nolabels]

4. Well duh

She has been nothing but pro-business since forever. Being pro-business to me is only good if it serves everybodys best as possible. Screwing future generations because you want to live like a pig is just stupid. She probably will be best remembered for her lip service to issues. An impostor at best.

[Double T]

6. Snow Job Followed By A Sell Out

[IA_Seth]

9. Question...

Can ANYONE provide a name of a potential candidate for SCOTUS that Dems and Repubs would really have "consensus" on nowadays? I mean someone that TRULY has a chance of being a no-contest from either side?

I honestly think this guy is a lot better than what we could have ended up with having put before us. I know he isn't the best (not even all the good really), but what exactly were we looking for?