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You know, I must have had a thousand lunches with John, and I can't think of a single thing he's said that would specify his politics," says Prettyman, a World War II veteran who once served as an aide to Robert F. Kennedy. "We were all under the impression that he's a conservative, but he always talked generalities. He's not the type to lay it all out." ...read on
The jury is still out on whether Roberts fills the bill of the type of conservative that the extreme religious right is looking for. I've been trying to figure out why they have been tripping over themselves with his nomination when Miguel Estrada, Edith Jones, or Priscilla Owens are more their type of judge. I know that the religious right is rallying around the fact that his wife is such an anti-abortion activist. I can't understand why Captain's Quarters would be up in arms with the release of that information. I've mentioned it in the context that it deserves.

Frank Rich says that Alberto Gonzales is too closely tied to Rove-Gate. Jeralyn digs a little deeper into the Air Force One passenger list.