How this affects the case beats me, as I haven't been able to follow closely the last couple of days.
(2:36pm) Okay, I'm back. The big deal was that Judge Bridges apparently followed his M.O., and allowed evidence to be submitted while punting on what to do with it. As Croker Sack blogger "Micajah" posted in the comments:
The question to be decided was whether the expert testimony regarding "proportional reduction" was admissible. Judge Bridges didn't actually decide -- but he did make it clear that the GOP didn't persuade him that it is admissible.
He seems to be saying that he wants to move along and let the GOP pile everything they have in the middle of the floor -- and then he will pronounce judgment, perhaps sorting through some of the stuff on the floor and telling everyone what he thought about it in findings of fact.