Grade Democrats on Day 2 of Alito

[yurbud]

As I suspected, the Republicans on the committee helped Alito out by making him look sane and reasonable by contrast.

But how did the Democrats do?

[msongs]

1. did any dems ask alito why he thinks he deserves the job?????

ha ha


Msongs
www.msongs.com/clark2008.htm

[eve_was_framed]

7. no, because they "know" if Georgie picked him then God must

have too ;-)

[MADem]

self delete, doubleclick

[MADem]

12. Yes, and he came up with the "humble"answer

He avoided the Bork "intellectual feast" response.

[EST]

2. Far better than on the Roberts nomination.

[Tsiyu]

3. Just going by the play-by-play on DU: B-

I think there were many opportunities to press the nominee further but overall there were some priceless moments.

Dems don't need to be afraid of the public. This strategy has not made them any more effective.

It's high time to kick ass and take down names.

[bobthedrummer]

4. B-

Senator Feingold did well.

[quiet.american]

5. NYT: Judge Alito Proves a Powerful Match for Senate Questioners

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/politics/politicsspecial1/11alito.html?hp&ex=1137042000&en=29c999cefd4bfdb1&ei=5094&partner=homepage :puke:

Should read:

Judge Alito Proves Well-Rehearsed by Supposedly Impartial GOP Members of Judiciary Committee

[yurbud]

6. GOP QUESTIONS: You are a saint and of course you don't have to answer

anything.

[quiet.american]

8. Exactly. And when he couldn't remember his coached answers, they cued him

They not only asked the "questions," they answered them, too.

[hang a left]

9. From my perspective...

Feinstein and Feingold did the best. I would give them both an A.
Kennedy's line of questioning was good, however he barely concealed his anger and disgust. I would give him a B.
Schumer did well and really boxed Alito on his statements from 1985, which he refused to answer. I would give him an A-.
Biden, was disappointing. I would give him a B-.
The others I didn't catch live, I just read the threads, so I would like to reserve judgement until I can catch it on the rerun somehow. It is so much different reading a transcript than watching the interchange.

[American liberal]

10. I thought Durbin's opening remarks were stellar n/t

[stillrockin]

11. Dems need to take a MUCH tougher stance!

Hearing Biden tell A-LIE_TOE that "he's a man of integrity" makes me want to scream. These Dems need to get their shit together and push him hard while they can. Letting him sidestep Bush v Gore is so f'in stupid. They need to show some teeth before it's too late. Snap out of it! (except Feingold, who seems to have an inkling)