Reid weighs in on Alito

Harry Reid planned to give a speech today expressing concern about the nomination of Alito, particularly the fact that Senators were not consulted but right-wing crazies were, and that there are reasons why the latter are so gleeful (including many positions on which the Supreme Court disagreed with Alito's rulings/interpretations).

Harriet Miers was forced to withdraw by conservative activists who want to change the legal landscape of America. They decided she was inadequately radical or insufficiently aggressive for their purposes, so they gave her the boot.
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Even in the first two weeks of the confirmation process, a picture of Sam Alito is emerging that may explain why the right-wing is popping champagne corks. ...

Perhaps a little too much about the court-diversity angle, for my tastes, but on the whole a pretty strong speech. Some mutterings about the filibuster too. Will be interesting to see how it gets covered in the media (tomorrow?).

Update: quick gloss here catches the high points. I guess that's about all you can expect, with hearings still two months off...