I had those same thoughts yesterday. During the proceedings things could not be discussed because so many of the Senators were NOT in the room. It wasn't apparent to me how many of the committee are not in attendence during the questioning.
I won't hold my breath for CSPAN to expose that fact, though.
With a whimper the questioning of Alito ended.
CNN's Jeff Greenfield says the steam left the hearings because the senators don't know how to answer questions. Oh they know how to give speeches, but not ask questions.
Jeff Toobin finally managed to give credit to Alito, to his wealth of knowledge.
Blitzer, Greenfield and Toobin seem oh so deflated as the session ended.
I watched the session on C-Span, did the cable news channels even cover the hearing this morning?