Something tells me that possible new Senate Minority Leader (and ostensible chief spokesman for the Democrats) Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev) is going to have a very rough road ahead. Earlier today he was taken to task on FOX News by Shepard Smith, who asked the Senator to reconcile his anti-abortion, pro-gun personal stances on the issues - versus the work he does to undercut those values as a leader of the Democrat party. He was not a happy interview, and went on the attack against President Bush, just minutes after the inauguration.
A few hours later the conservative black organization Project 21 - part of the National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives - has called on Senator Reid to apologize for comments he made on 'Meet the Press' charging that Justice Clarence Thomas is "an embarassment to the Supreme Court."
Project 21 has other ideas in mind for Clarence Thomas, like a new title: Chief Justice,
The Project 21 spokesman says Thomas should be considered a top candidate to become the next chief justice of the nation's highest court. "The best person for the job should be the one who gets it," he says. "But Clarence Thomas has certainly proved himself to one of the leading justices on the court right now -- and he should certainly be one of the final people looked at, if and when that situation comes about."
Meanwhile, we Americans are all touched, as indeed President Bush was - by ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist's role in the inauguration today - and wish him comfort and recovery during this time of health challenges for him.
cross-post: Sound Politics
1 comment:
Scott,
It seems you and I are the only admitted bloggers in the Brad Stine forums.
I'll be checking in here . . .
-T
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