The average American doesn’t care one iota about the Supreme Court, and probably doesn’t even understand what it does. Unless Republicans can extract something like “Long Dong Silver” from a witness, this hearing will never, ever, reach main street. Kagan is in, unless something earth shattering is discovered, which is highly unlikely considering she hasn’t done a damn thing in the area of jurisprudence in her career.
Likely true. As terrible as a selection as Kagan is, the good news is she is replacing a terrible Justice’s seat. The net loss is not great.