Reid Says No on Olson

This is how it's done:

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid vowed on Wednesday to block former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson from becoming attorney general if President George W. Bush nominates him to replace Alberto Gonzales.

Congressional and administration officials have described Olson as a leading contender for the job as chief U.S. law enforcement officer, but Reid declared, "Ted Olson will not be confirmed" by the Senate.

"He's a partisan, and the last thing we need as an attorney general is a partisan," Reid, a Nevada Democrat, told Reuters in a brief hallway interview on Capitol Hill.

See? That wasn't so hard. Seriously, the Senate needs to do its job, which is only confirming those people who are fit to serve the whole public, not just one partisan section. I hope the Democrats begin to feel a little less nervous about being in control of Congress and start standing up for progressive values. We should never have to face another Samuel Alito.