I think the big news here is that Russ Feingold (after the Mrs. Alito crying incident) stated flat out that he would be voting for Judge Alito both in the committee and on the floor. That's big. Put the rest of his Dem committee members in a bad position, after Feingold praised Alito and said he'd vote for him. Hah. Feingold, I think, did it for one and possibly two reasons. First, he wants to run for President. Second, I think he actually may have a few feelings and responded to Mrs. Alito's being upset. I may be giving him way too much credit for that last point, but he could have reacted to her crying about the Dems smearing her husband's integrity. Makes the Dems look bad, and Feingold doesn't want to be lumped in with the rest of them. Feingold knows the power of visuals, and that most of Middle America will be on Alito and his wife's side, not the Dems.
really? Feingold has come out for Alito? that is big.
Between that news and the bitch slapping Specter gave to the Swimmer, it was a great day.
Viva Alito!
Feingold is not so stupid as to know which way the winds and their precious polls are blowing in this case. He's going to jump on the bandwagon. I give him credit for nothing except for being astute enough to get on the winning side.
I think Russ Feingold is a little less clueless as to what this spectacle looks like to the average American. The others are pandering to their cook base and probably don't realize the damage they are doing to themselves.
Where did you see that? If Feingold is voting for Alito...the Dems are completely sunk and the hearings might as well be over. Wow.
That is big news.
I missed that..... you're right, it is huge!
Did you read it, see it, hear it? This is very big news.