Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I think President Bush has hit a home run. Because I was with the Baylor Lady Bears this morning congratulating them on…”

“I think President Bush has hit a home run. Because I was with the Baylor Lady Bears this morning congratulating them on winning the national NCAA women's basketball championship, I would say he hit a three-pointer from midcourt. I think John Roberts is exactly what our country expects in quality and demeanor for a person to be elevated to the highest court in our land. The Supreme Court is such an important part of our Constitution, unique, really, in the world, that we have a judicial branch with such stature as the coequal branch of government along with the President and the Congress. For someone to be able to sit on the Supreme Court, you look for a John Roberts, someone who has integrity, temperament for the Court, and you have to have judicial temperament because you are an arbiter who is going to affect people's lives. Academic achievement. We want our Supreme Court Justices to have the finest legal mind possible, and John Roberts fits that description-- Harvard, summa cum laude graduate; Harvard Law School, graduated with honors, and respect of his peers. When you have someone such as Walter Dellinger, who served as Solicitor General under President Bill Clinton, who told the Judiciary Committee at one point, ``In my view, there is no better appellate advocate than John Roberts,'' I think that shows the range of support and respect from his peers John Roberts has.…”