GOP Creature

My initial take on reading around the web on Roberts is that he’s a purely political choice — a Republican die-hard to the bone. This means that even if he isn’t seen as “ideological” in theory, he’s ideological in practice. They all are.

He’s spent his entire adult life in Washington. He’s been a judge for only two years. Before that he represented corporations and worked for Republican administrations. That’s it. He’s not a scholar or a prosecutor or someone who has ever worked in the trenches. He’s a creature of the radical right GOP establishment.

Good choice for Bush. He’ll take care of his friends. And he knows exactly what he’s supposed to deliver.

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