We are always assured that a (D) majority leader will set the agenda, hence no legislation destructive to choice will make the agenda because ... historically that's been the case.

Anyone in the business of making predictions will tell you about the danger of over-reliance on the historical model. Historically, Dems have been unified on choice. Once the pro-life element creeps in, there is no guarantee that destructive legislation will not creep in as well.

I am extremely tired of reading:

 "Because the majority Party sets the agenda. Period!"

Nothing else they do can make up for that. It simply doesn't matter.

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Reid's been pushing for Roberts' confirmation from day one. Numerous articles, even after information about his stances came out, have had quotes from him describing Roberts in nothing less than glowing terms.

K Street Democrats agreed that Roberts ultimately would be confirmed with anywhere from 65 to 80 votes, with most centrist and Southern Democrats voting to approve the nomination. Every Democrat who signed the "Gang of 14" agreement to preserve the minority's right of judicial filibuster will vote for Roberts, they predicted, with several openly forecasting that Reid himself will support the nominee.

Source : The Hill, 25 Dems could vote for Roberts

Time will tell.


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Reid has been the Democrats' leader in the Senate for six months. He is sixty-five, a trim man with short, graying hair and slightly stooped shoulders, and not someone who appears likely to jump up and down screaming. When we met last week in his Capitol office, it was clear that the Roberts nomination had come as a relief. "There were lots of people we didn't want, and I made sure he knew what those names were," Reid said, and mentioned the federal judges Edith Jones and Janice Rogers Brown, among others. "I think the President submitted someone who he thinks won't be much trouble." Nonetheless, Reid was reserving judgment until the F.B.I. investigation and the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings were completed. "Roberts is not a slam dunk," he said. "I'm just keeping, as some have heard me say, my powder dry until we find out what the deal is." And yet he couldn't quite conceal his pleasure.

Source:
The New Yorker, How a pro-gun, anti-abortion Nevadan leads the Senate's Democrats.

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