*** "Does anyone remember the controversy about Harriett Miers? How many Bush-bots did you hear say that we needed a "stealth" nominee because a more open conservative would not make it?" ***
Did you listen to his answers to the questions?
He is not going in there and supporting devout conservatism, he is coming off as a former conservative who still holds firm on certain principles, but not as firmly as he used to.
He acknowledged a "right to privacy", the "authority of the court to re-interpret the constitution", and gave strong authority to precedent. In other words, he gave the Dems what they want.
I am hoping that he is being soft enough to get approved, then comes back to being a real conservative.
In other words, a stealth conservative.
Oh, Okay. Let me see if I have this right. Even though Alito has been an open and vocal conservative for decades, unlike Miers, because Alito is smart enough to blow some smoke in the Lefty Democrat Senators faces at his confirmation hearing, he is suddenly a "stealth conservative" or maybe even has taken a sharp Left turn?
Get real, please.
Virtually all justices give strong authority to precedent and only overturn the worst cases they feel have been wrongly decided in the past.
If you dont think that a "right to privacy" (whether that has anything to do with abortion or not) is not implicit in the Bill of Rights, then you apparently need specific written directions to get out of bed and find your way to work everyday.