Reid says OIson will be blocked

This is an encouraging sign that the Dems may be developing some spine. Let's just hope they stick to it:

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 — The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, led other Senate Democrats in serving notice on Wednesday that they would block the confirmation of former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson if President Bush selected him for attorney general.

“Ted Olson will not be confirmed by the Senate,” Mr. Reid said in response to reports that Mr. Olson was a leading candidate to succeed Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales. “He’s a partisan, and the last thing we need as an attorney general is a partisan.”