Yes!

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he would oppose confirmation of Chief Justice-nominee John Roberts, questioning Roberts' commitment to civil rights and accusing the Bush administration of stonewalling requests for documents that might shed light on his views.

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Way to go, Harry. However, we don't need statements like this:

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At the same time, Reid readily predicted Roberts will win Senate confirmation, coupling the forecast with a warning of sorts to President Bush as he considers candidates for a second vacancy on the Supreme Court. "No one should think that just automatically they're all going to be easy like this one," he said.

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What he should have said was, 'if we don't get all the documents we asked for, we're gonna filibuster this motherfucker until the cows come home'.

Hat tip: Skippy