From the NY Post, WILL DEMS LYNCH ESTRADA?:
More than 16 months after he was first nominated for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Miguel Estrada will finally get a hearing today before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Hey, 16 months is speedy! It's even money whether Patrick Leahy can find his butt with a roadmap in 16 months.
That's the easy part.
Unfortunately, committee Democrats - led by chairman Patrick Leahy and New York's Chuck Schumer - have trained their sights on the nominee in a blatantly partisan drive to reject him.
Make no mistake: The Democrats' opposition to Estrada has nothing to do with his qualifications - which many leading Democrats admit are exemplary.
This is strictly about the Democrats' refusal to approve nominees who don't share their own ideology.
Which is why the federal court system now faces a serious crisis, owing to its growing vacancy rate.
