Watching it on cspan right now. I was surprised by Kennedy's introduction (a romantic summary of american political rhetoric). It was moving. I think by the end Roberts looked like he was going to shed a tear.

9/12/2005 12:53:09 PM

This guy just acted like he was breaking down when talking about the "finger pointing" in America today. What a douchebag.

9/12/2005 3:08:43 PM

Done for the day.

9/12/2005 3:34:57 PM

I listened to a few of the opening statements on NPR. I have to say I was impressed with most of the remarks from the congressmen/woman on the confirmation committee. I hope they actually practice what they preach during confirmation. Granted Roberts is pretty much a shoe-in at this point, but it would be good to see the committee members actually ask questions relevant to his legal experience and not turn it into a partisian side-choosing arguement.

9/12/2005 3:40:14 PM

I thought the opening remarks were pretty good on both sides, Dem and Republican, and Roberts himself made some very good opening remarks. There were two senators I heard who were just pandering, but 2/18 isn't that bad.

9/12/2005 3:59:23 PM

Ahhhhhhhhh, Ted Kennedy's being a dick.

9/13/2005 11:30:27 AM

Yes he is, but Roberts seems to be doing a decent job parrying him. Still, Ted isn't going to let Roberts go anytime soon; with Katrina, he's been emboldened to take on the administration, and what better place to start than with his Supreme Court nomination.

9/13/2005 11:51:02 AM

^^yeah he is. condescending, browbeating dickhead, just like always.

i was impressed with Roberts from what i heard. i also found new respect for Orrin Hatch (still disagree with a lot of his policies, but liked his questioning a lot)

[Edited on September 13, 2005 at 1:51 PM. Reason : asdfasdf]

9/13/2005 1:51:05 PM

I'm pretty impressed with Roberts after listening to the hearings.

9/13/2005 3:37:51 PM

How to Not Answer Anything 101 - MWF - J. Roberts

9/13/2005 7:14:20 PM

lesson 1
become a judge so you cant comment on current cases

lesson 2
if the first people you work for are promoting something, and you are doing your job and helping them, it doesn't mean that you personally are supporting that something

9/13/2005 7:16:30 PM

I thought he was justified in not answering most of the questions.

From what I understand he was a lot more open than most nominees have been in the past.

9/13/2005 8:23:17 PM

9/14/2005 10:05:31 AM

Quote :

"if the first people you work for are promoting something, and you are doing your job and helping them, it doesn't mean that you personally are supporting that something"

I thought it was interesting when John Roberts reminded the senate that John Adams had in fact defended the british soldiers in boston who were charged with the boston massacre.

9/14/2005 10:19:11 AM

I like John Roberts. Conservative or not.

9/14/2005 11:49:10 AM

^^ That is awesome! I need to watch this thing, is c-span the only place to get it?
Does anyone have a downloaded copy, c-span or otherwise, because I hate streaming media.
I always end up using StreamDown to download it before watching.

9/14/2005 3:01:35 PM

Hi folks, I'm a syncophantic ass licker.

9/15/2005 12:30:41 PM

So far, he seems damn cool to me.

This, coming from a historic liberal swung libertarian.

9/15/2005 1:56:08 PM

I wouldn't say he's "cool".

I would say he's a pretty damn qualified jurist who I will probably hate once he's in power.

But he knows his stuff (as, obviously, should be the case).

9/15/2005 2:04:59 PM

I hope Roberts gets nominated.

9/15/2005 5:14:59 PM

Quote :

" Hi folks, I'm a syncophantic ass licker"

Who isn't?

9/15/2005 6:02:43 PM

I guess it wouldn't have flowed as well had I inserted "even for a politician".

9/15/2005 11:51:22 PM

points for syncophantic

9/15/2005 11:52:56 PM

He came out of committee 13-5, with all republicans and 3 democrats supporting. Honestly, I thought it might have been unanimous--reluctantly--in favor.

9/22/2005 2:56:09 PM

The Senate is voting Monday. He'll be Chief Justice on Tuesday.


Calling for bets on O'Connor's replacement: My money is on Judge Edith Hollan Jones.

9/22/2005 3:44:33 PM