Reply #39: AND she's singing Roberts' praises

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(snip):"He is well-regarded," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who was not a member of the Gang of 14 but is an abortion rights supporter who sits on the Judiciary Committee, which will hold the confirmation hearings. "He does not appear to be an extreme ideologue. He does appear to be a mainstream conservative."

Feinstein said any judgments must await the hearings, but for now, "I don't see the extraordinary circumstance at this stage. Now something could develop, there could be some scandal, there could be some unknown. ... But he appears to me to be a very sound, bright lawyer and now appellate court judge, so I don't see the circumstances at this stage."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/21/MNGSJDR79L1.DTL