[Christian4Bush]

COMMITTEE VOTE TRANSCRIPT PING!!!!

I found this link at the Washington Post's website.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/24/AR2006012400563_pf.html

If the link doesn't work (it is to the Print Edition), go to www.washingtonpost.com, and look down towards the bottom of the page for "Continuing Coverage of Alito" and Click on "Committee Vote". Apologies if this has already been posted.

[Bahbah]

Durbin is not going to vote for Alito in part because he is not wholly a fan of Bruce Springsteen.

[syriacus]

Thanks for the link to the transcript of the judiciary committee.

I found what I was looking for, a statement by Cornyn, which was made immediately after Schumer expressed his discomfort with Alito's "opaqueness".

Cornyn:

The question I think that all of us are confronted with when we hear such contrasting views of a nominee is: Who should we believe?

Of course, those of us on the committee who are lawyers* know that the law is pretty clear about how you approach those issues. You look to people who have personal knowledge over those who are merely repeating what they've heard or speculating. You look to the motive of the witness or the person to see if they have some motive for not telling the truth. And, ultimately, you have to make a credibility judgment.

*Schumer never practiced law. I'll bet his ego was bruised a bit. I noticed Schumer had his arms protectively crossed in front of him, when he was giving a press conference with the other Dems, right after the vote.