Once again I am so damn proud of my senator Barbara Boxer I'm grinning from ear-to-ear with just a tiny hint of a tear in the corner of my eye.
Once again Barbara Boxer has stood up in the face of Democratic Party fatalism and mainstream media cynicism to declare and defend the principles that those who elected her hold dear.
"I need to know exactly where he will stand, and I need to know if he will fight to protect and defend the rights and freedoms of the American people,'' Boxer, D-Calif., told reporters after addressing a group of law students and abortion rights supporters at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
And if Roberts fails to convince her of where he stands?
...she will "use all the parliamentary tools I've been given as a U.S. senator,'' including procedures that "make it difficult for other business to get done until we get the information we need.'