Pajama Pundits

Or: If you are one of six people trying to paint someone as a radical, what do you do when the other 5 give up?

On the heels of Senator Leahy calling Roberts such a radical that he's almost ready to think about maybe perhaps opposing his (Roberts') nomination, the ABA steps in with an opinion regarding Roberts' fitness for the post.

Problem: it doesn't help Leahy.

Roberts 'Well Qualified'

Supreme Court nominee John Roberts on Wednesday received a "well qualified" rating from the American Bar Association, clearing another hurdle in his path to the nation's highest court.

The rating was revealed as the Senate Judiciary Committee announced its plans for Roberts' Sept. 6 confirmation hearings, which include having the nominee questioned by the 18 senators on the panel for almost an hour each.

I don't know how much of the inquiry would put most souls to sleep, but the idea of a group of career politicians trying to trip up, uhh I mean interrogating, err, I mean 'questioning' someone who gives every indication of actually being just as smart as he appears does give one a chuckle. (if that didn't sound like a backhand slap at the general intellectual gifts of the average career politician, it was supposed to)

This marks the third time the ABA has seen fit to call Roberts well-qualified for a Federal judiciary post.

(sigh) Somehow, I doubt it will matter.

PS: This might should have been posted as an update, but I didn't.