"Gloria Anne Borger" is an American political pundit, journalist and columnist. Borger was previously a contributing editor and columnist for US News and World Report magazine and is now [http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/borger.gloria.html Chief Political Analyst] at CNN. She was formerly the National Political Correspondent for CBS News. After joining CNN in 2007, she was frequently seen covering the 2008 campaign trail. She appears on a variety of CNN shows, including daily appearances on The Situation Room and regular appearances on the John King, USA show.

She worked previously as the co-anchor of CNBC’s Capital Report, appeared on CBS's Face the Nation, and 60 Minutes II. Borger covered the Three Mile Island event for Newsweek in 1979.

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They knew that they had to grab this reform mantle or they would be steam rolled by the Democrats on the corruption issue.

This vote today in committee means that Judge Roberts will be voted on on the Senate floor next week, possibly on Thursday, and he is all but certain to be approved by a majority larger than 60 votes.

They don't want to think that, Bob. And they know that that would be a real uphill fight for the Democrats, but they're beginning to believe that this smells really, really badly for them, and they're very, very worried about it now because they know they cannot depend on this president and his coattails any longer.

Proper download of his experience.

They wanted a symbol. They wanted someone who openly supported their views of the Supreme Court. But they know nothing about her judicial philosophy.

There are very conservative libertarian Republicans who agree with liberal Democrats that you have to pay attention to civil liberties and balance that with national security. That's very tough to do.

For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news.

What that means is that Judge Roberts is guaranteed an up or down vote and he is also guaranteed to be the next chief justice of the Supreme Court.