SHOCKINGLY, SURPRISING SHARPTON (via David Hill, The Bronx):

Sharpton breaks ranks on Brown (Charles Hurt, 11/05/03, THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

The Rev. Al Sharpton implored Senate Democrats yesterday not to filibuster President Bush's nomination of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to the nation's second-highest federal court. [...]

Mr. Sharpton's comments not only complicate the vote for several Democrats on the panel, they also are a stark departure from some of the best-known black groups, such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. [...]

Wade Henderson, director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, who attended the anti-Brown press conference, was later asked about Mr. Sharpton's remarks.

"I don't believe it. That can't be true," he said as he headed to a meeting in the Democratic leadership office. "It would be shockingly surprising."

If the Rev thinks he can use this against the Democrats, the GOP should be able to.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 7, 2003 2:40 PM