I think Specter is going to be protective of Roberts against what he thinks are intrusive questions. But if he thinks Roberts is not even beginning to address larger questions of philosophy of judging, then I think he'll be unhappy. Norman Ornstein
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![I think if you took a secret ballot in the Senate and House, you'd get a majority of Republicans joining on to those [libertarian] concerns. But the majority of Republicans in both houses see themselves more as field soldiers in the president's army than as independent actors in an independent branch of government. ... [That group is] very reluctant to challenge their president and to do so in a way that gives Democrats a political issue. - Norman Ornstein Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBOb3JtYW4gT3Juc3RlaW4gICAg&num=8 "I think if you took a secret ballot in the Senate and House, you'd get a majority of Republicans joining on to those [libertarian] concerns. But the majority of Republicans in both houses see themselves more as field soldiers in the president's army than as independent actors in an independent branch of government. ... [That group is] very reluctant to challenge their president and to do so in a way that gives Democrats a political issue. - Norman Ornstein Quotes")
