[MinuteGal]

I DO feel constrained to remark that the good judge is a little politically tone-deaf when it comes to replying to sympathetic Pub questions which set him up for a short, honest, positive reply. He's making the mistake of re-trying the cases referred to and not getting the point of the assistance the questioner is trying to give him.

I wish he'd not go into such excruciating case detail which uses up the time of the Republican senator. Better to filibuster with mind-numbing detail when a DimBulb is the questioner.

Brownback was just setting up some good questions to get to a positive point and he had to jerk Judge Alito back from an eyeglazing replaying of some case he was involved with. The judge never had a clue of the set-up Brownback was weaving.

The judge's "shepherds" should have a little talk with him during potty break. It's too late in the hearing for the judge to give overly-long, detailed answers to every single question being thrown at him. The more he talks now, the more his remarks will be under scrutiny. There's value in the saying "Slow down when you're ahead".

Leni

[milagro]

What bothers me is that if he answers Brownback's questions about issues that might come up before SCOTUS, he will have to also answer Dem's questions. Hope it's a pitfall he can avoid!

[Iwo Jima]

Good point.