Don't go near that Clift!

Eleanor Clift thinks the left is crazy to try to block John Roberts, as do I, but I think her idea of running him for president is kind of nutty. Judges don't necessarily make good policymakers or executives. The requirements of the position need to be considered. I don't know Roberts well enough to tell whether he'd be a good politician, but my feeling is that he is too squeaky clean and straight arrow to make it. Besides, why would conservatives want to give up a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court for a chance at 8 years in the White House. If Roberts is as good a justice as I hope, I wouldn't want him to go into politics.Anna Quindlan asks

How could senators complain that they had not learned enough about the nominee when so many of them had wasted their allotted time giving pocket stump speeches?