a head of my own

Interesting article on John Roberts' upcoming confirmation "battle" (although it looks like less and less of a battle to me) to the Supreme Court from Joe at AMERICAblog:

We still don't know a lot about John Roberts. And, the White House won't give all the information that the Senate Democrats want. Think about this. They did release info that says Roberts is against equal pay for equal work and the he refers to "the abortion tragedy."

What else is the Bush White House withholding?

First of all, the fact that the White House isn't releasing all the information it has, or at least the information that has been requested by the Senators, should be grounds for a fierce battle and protracted stonewalling untill the documents are released.

Second, I read that the White House is releasing its info about Roberts very slowly, and only after it has itself sifted through it very carefully, in order to avoid any negative information from being released. All to avoid giving ammunition to the Democrats, like a couple weeks ago when it was discovered that Roberts had done pro bono work for a gay organization, helping it to win a landmark Supreme Court case.

Now, the information released so far is, in my view, not very promising of a mainstream judge, which makes me ponder, what kind of more damaging and explosive information is the White House witholding from the public? And, will it see the light of day before the confirmation procedings are over?

Don't count on it.