Thursday, September 29, 2005

Entirely expected

As I predicted a couple of months ago, John Roberts has ridden his stellar legal background and unoffensive nature to easy confirmation for a spot on the U.S. Supreme Court. He'll become the nation's 17th chief justice today after picking up support from all of the Republican senators and half of the Democratic senators. The real Washington showdown, over moderate conservative Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement, still looms.