It’s official: People for the American Way is calling for the Senate to reject John Roberts. This will be a tough one for a lot of Democrats, but none will be more fascinating to watch than the junior senator from New York.
Update: A hectoring friend may be right in arguing that Hillary really isn’t so interesting here; at the moment, she doesn’t seem very likely to oppose Roberts. But I still think it’ll be fascinating to see what rhetorical path she chooses to try and mollify her liberal fans. That said, another 2008 hopeful, Joe Biden, might be the more interesting test case. As my friend notes, the non-Hillary White House hopefuls have less capital with the Democratic left to burn.
