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Obviously, there's the temptation to sit back and smile, ... But there's so much at stake, we have to do our due diligence.

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At this stage you can never tell, ... Conventional wisdom going into every hearing is the nominee is going to be confirmed.

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We are in turmoil now, domestically and internationally. This is a real test of (Bush's) leadership.

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The conventional wisdom going into the hearings for (high court nominees Clarence) Thomas and (Robert) Bork was that they were going to get confirmed. One (Thomas) was barely confirmed, and the other was resoundingly defeated.

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The stakes are particularly high with the replacement for O'Connor, a mainstream conservative who often provided the decisive vote to uphold many rights and protections.

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no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust.

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He's very valuable to us. As much as I abhor his politics and his abusive, divisive, intolerant rhetoric, many times he reflects what many in the Republican Party are really thinking. ... He's very candid. Most of those on the right wing are not that open and candid.

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It appears as though President Bush wants to exploit this national tragedy to implement an ideological agenda. ... What's next, a special Social Security privatization zone

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This is a critically important vote, and it will be something that all progressive organizations will remember forever.

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The victims of Katrina need our help, and they deserve to be treated with dignity, not treated like guinea pigs in a massive experiment for a dubious education proposal.

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The president must not let the extreme right dictate his next choice, but instead choose a nominee who can bring us together and maintain a fair and independent balance on the Supreme Court.

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We hope that Senator Reid's colleagues will reach the same conclusion and take the same strong stand.

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We do not believe voters gave President Bush a mandate to turn back the clock decades on so many of our legal protections.

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We would be extraordinarily disappointed in any senator who votes for John Roberts or any other nominee who would turn back the clock on fundamental rights and liberties, ... That's the kind of vote that would never be forgotten.

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We welcome the opportunity to clarify the differences between the right wing ... and the overwhelming majority of the American people.

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the importance of who is confirmed to succeed Chief Justice Rehnquist cannot be overstated.

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It would be an invitation for George W. Bush to name someone as extreme as he wants to for the O'Connor vacancy.

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Like Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a consensus nominee. Orrin Hatch told President Clinton that Ginsburg was acceptable before she was nominated. She had a long and detailed record from her time as a federal judge. In her case, there was no need for extended hearings.

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It's important to have a strong progressive Democratic vote against John Roberts. If there is a vigorous opposition, that will send a signal on the next vacancy that there could be a contested nomination.

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I'm tempted to call my friendly adversaries on the right and ask them whether we can make some joint recommendations to the Senate on document requests of the White House and the line of questioning during the hearings.

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His record, his silence, and the power of the position to which he's been nominated, make John Roberts a dangerous bet aa one that senators shouldn't take.

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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.

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There have been two overwhelmingly important votes in the last four and a half years regarding the Constitution, ... One, on Sen. Ashcroft when he was up for attorney general, and today's vote with respect to John Roberts. On both votes, Sen. Feingold voted against the Constitution and against the interests of the American people, and we're especially disappointed in him.

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We are disappointed with those Democrats and moderate Republicans who chose to support Judge Roberts despite his long record of working to undermine rights and legal protections, his evasive answers to the Senate, and the Bush administration's continued refusal to release key documents that would have illuminated his record and approach to the Constitution.

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