Reid urges president to pick mainstream candidate for court

[NVMojo]

Do you think Bush even knows what mainstream is anymore???

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., today urged President Bush to nominate for the Supreme Court a "mainstream candidate," not "an activist who would bring an ideological agenda to the court."

Bush has signaled that his nomination could be made soon, as the Senate prepares to vote Thursday on John Roberts to be the next Chief Justice.

"This is not an occasion for a radical shift in the ideological balance of the court," Reid wrote in a letter sent to Bush today by Reid and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.

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