The Democrats -- and you -- do yourselves a disservice by blindly condemning Judge Alito. No, he is not the judge that President Kerry would have nominated, but by all accounts he's a brilliant, thoughtful and conscientious jurist. I've read several of his opinions, including his opinion in the spousal consent abortion case, and what come across is a judge trying to reconcile and apply the often complicated, confused and confusing pronouncements made by the Supremes, not an ideologue bent on achieving a particular result.

For starters, take a look a the linked article.

• One Liberal's Positive View of Alito

I would like to say one thing; all Americans are by definition liberals since we live in a liberal democracy. Think of what you would call ourselves if the term liberal democracy never entered our philosophy of Government. Since no one seems to know anymore what a conservative actually means or is then it seems we are stuck with a one sided approach to defining our form of government dictated by the media. Anyone who wants to know what a conservative is read William F. Buckley; who denies this current administration has any conservative legitimacy at all.

• "One Liberal's Positive View of Alito"