The next question was on judges and this is where, in my opinion, Webb runs the risk of totally losing the support of the far left.  Webb was asked if he would have voted for Roberts and Alito.  He said he would have voted for Roberts, but would have supported the filibuster for Alito.

Let’s take John Roberts first. Roberts won confirmation by the vote of 78-22. John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, Diane Feinstein and Chuck Shumer all voted no on Roberts for the Supreme Court.  One of the reasons that Joe Lieberman is under attack is because he voted for John Roberts. So, why is Webb getting a pass?

Webb’s stance on Alito, however, is what should be looked at by Democrats. He was very careful at the debate to say that he didn’t have enough information to know if he would or would not vote for Alito.  He said he would have voted to filibuster, but not on the merits of Alito. He would have filibustered only because he felt Democrats on the judiciary committee were not given enough information.  As we all know, that line of thought was total and utter nonsense. But, let’s say for the moment that Ted Kennedy was given more information on Alito and Princeton, etc. Would Alito have failed confirmation?  Highly unlikely. Webb is dodging big time here.

If I were a left leaning blogger rather than my right leaning self, I’d be outraged at Webb’s statements. The main theory in the Kos and Armstrong book, “Crashing the Gate” is that it’s the Republican ability to name judges which will lead to the destruction of the progressive state.  Democrats need to win elections to keep the next Roberts and Alito off the Supreme Court.  New left wonder boy Jim Webb just failed that test with his outright support of John Roberts and his non answer on Alito.