Democrats Shift Strategy On Roberts

From The Boston Globe:

Democrats shift strategy on Roberts
Plan to use Katrina to highlight racial and economic divide

By Rick Klein, Globe Staff September 7, 2005

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats said yesterday that they will invoke the vast disparities in income and living conditions laid bare by the Hurricane Katrina disaster to sharpen their questioning of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. at his confirmation hearings next week.

The scenes of devastation featuring primarily poor African-American residents in New Orleans have highlighted the widening gap between rich and poor, said Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts.

With Roberts having urged a narrow interpretation of civil rights laws in the past, Senate Democrats will link the scenes of economic hardship with the constitutional and legal issues that surround efforts to address racial and economic inequalities, he said.

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My Comments:
The Democrats - When you "care" enough to never miss an opportunity to politicize a tragedy.