Is there a kinder, gentler Pat Leahy that has been kept in hiding until now?
Mr. Leahy is front and center as the top Democrat on the committee preparing to consider the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to the Supreme Court. Senate Democrats remain divided about how hard to challenge the nomination, but some of them clearly worry that the gentlemanly Mr. Leahy, the leader of any nominal opposition, might prove too accommodating.
If I were Howard Dean I'd start searching Karl Rove's basement for these:
It's a pod from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. That's Kevin McCarthy, no doubt selected for the lead role becuase of his surname.
Posted by: charles austin at 12:42 PM