Lapdog Senators

Been pretty busy the last couple of days, but wanted to be sure I got this WSJ op-ed posted. It's a week old, but is indispensible for showing how Senators like Leahy, Kennedy, et al are nothing more than lapdogs for the liberal activists.

It's no news flash that organizations like the Alliance for Justice, People for the American Way and MoveOn.org are influencing Democrats' attack on Judge Roberts. But the rapidity with which Senators Pat Leahy and Ted Kennedy jumped this week to follow the groups' orders is nonetheless remarkable, and politically revealing.

Within hours of publication of the first Post story [the title of this story was "Roberts Unlikely to Face Big Fight; Many Democrats See Battle as Futile."], Mr. Leahy hit the barricades with a statement calling Judge Roberts "an eager and aggressive advocate" of policies "deeply tinged with the ideology of the far right wing of his party." During the Reagan years, the Senator added, the nominee held views "that were among the most radical being offered by a cadre intent on reversing decades of policies on civil rights, voting rights, women's rights, privacy, and access to justice." At least he didn't call Judge Roberts a member of the Taliban.