AV I tend to agree with you. This is far from over and the stalling has just begun.
Bush's poll numbers give the Democrats on this commitee a warm and fuzzy feeling and they therefore think they can play this nominee like a cat would play a mouse.
It will come back to bite them in the butt, but they feel emboldened at the moment and will drag this out for many, many more days.
I respectfully disagree. The Dems have raised every hot button topic they have and Roberts has basically replied - you are trying to get me to say something that the MSM can run with and I respectfully decline to give you the bullet with which to shoot me. And oh by the way if you ask stupid questions I will make sure everybody recognizes it.
Roberts is one smart guy, with a sense of humor too. He has the makings of a great Chief Justice. Let's hope GWB gives him a fifth principled conservative Justice so that we can move forward as individuals and roll back the "nanny" state.