Voting On Roberts

I addition to the liberal newspapers Ken Blanchard mentioned, add the LA Times as endorsing john Roberts for Chief Justice. 

I would argue that the bellwether for the Senate Democrats is not their leader, Harry Reid, but Hillary Clinton.  Clinton has much more at stake politically than does Reid.  She must cultivate an image of moderation and good sense.  If she can't vote for John Roberts, as Prof. Blanchard suggests, there is no one to the right of Steven Breyer for whom she could vote.  The moderate thing to do is to vote for Roberts and then hope Bush does not appoint a racial minority to fill the O'Connor seat.  I suspect this is what Clinton will do: vote for Roberts and then vote against the next nominee to show she is in touch with the party's base.  But given my track record on predictions, this makes it likely she will do the exact opposite of what I have just said.

Anyone have any clue how Tim Johnson is going to vote?  I bet Kent Conrad votes for Roberts, as he is already running for his life in NoDak.