It's almost laughable that the Democrat questioners, when Alito gives a perfectly reaonsble answer to their questions, usually prefaced by long tirades and overblown argument, quickly change the subject or take up the tirade again as if Alito had not apoken. They want to give Alito as little time to speak as possible because he puts a nail in their stupid arguments in two or three sentences.
Dahlia Lithwick of left wing mag Slate is whining that he's too boring. Here's a good editorial by Betsy Newmark over Dahlia et al
http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/2006/01/hmm-ya-think-that-dahlia-lithwick.html