...over at Patterico's Pontifications here and here.

From the first link above:

The most important post you will read all year about Priscilla Owen is here, at Power Line. The post debunks the most commonly repeated canard about Owen: that Alberto Gonzales accused her of an “unconscionable act of judicial activism” in a Texas abortion case.

This is not true. But it has been repeated in the media again and again. And don’t kid yourself: that will continue. It’s a great line. Journalists aren’t going to pass up a chance to repeat it just because it’s false.

So arm yourself with the facts. Read the Power Line post. Once you have, come back here and read the relevant opinions, which Power Line does not link.

And from the second:

The nomination of Priscilla Owen gives Republicans an excellent chance to show voters what Democrats consider “outside the mainstream.” Democrats oppose Owen because she opined that a minor should have consulted her parents before getting an abortion. The minor had not claimed that her parents would abuse her if she told them beforehand. She just didn’t want them to know until afterwards.

I believe mainstream America wants their daughters to talk to them before making such a momentous decision.

I also believe that mainstream America prefers adoption to abortion. The majority opinion, from which Owen dissented, sanctioned the idea that abortion is preferable to adoption. The majority argued that adoption would be emotionally difficult for this minor, because she would become attached to the baby once it was born. This is not a mainstream position.

The Democrats are doing nothing but name-calling, "extremist", "far right", "out of the mainstream" etc., without providing any specifics. As Ann Coulter pointed out in a good column a couple of weeks ago, the Republicans need to stop spending so much time discussing the history of the filibuster and demand specifics on the opposition to these nominees. If ever the Democrats get pinned down with specifics, they lose.