Judge Roberts has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 13 to 5. All ten Republicans voted yes along with Democratic senators Patrick Leahy, Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold. For some quotes from the members of the committee on their votes, check out the New York Times.
It appears NARAL is part of coalition to defeat Roberts called IndependentCourt.org. They have a new television commercial that is a bunch of snippets of Roberts refusing to answer various questions.
Planned Parenthood's President Karen Pearl is concerned that the Senate Judiciary Committee rolled "the dice with women's health and safety by voting for Judge Roberts."
Ramesh Ponnuru at National Review's Corner has some predictions.
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