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From our \”Well Duh\” Department :

Both Nightwriter and John Hinderaker point out that for a group of people who claim to be \”troubled\” and \”concerned\” about what type of judge Alito is, they certainly were very conspiciously absent when they had the oppurtunity to learn exactly that.

Extraordinary that Judge Alito\’s colleagues have turned out to defend him against the Democrats\’ smears; extraordinary that the Democrats themselves couldn\’t be bothered to stick around to hear what this distinguished group of judges had to say. After all, if the Democrats were actually interested in what kind of judge Sam Alito is, these are precisely the witnesses who could tell them. If the Democrats really thought that Alito\’s judicial opinions reflect poorly on him, these are exactly the people who could answer their questions, and, if they are correct, confirm their fears.

Really this should be of no surprise to anyway. As I pointed out earlier, these hearings have very little to do with Judge Alito himself. Rather it\’s merely another stop on the campaign trail for 2006/2008. The previous hearings allowed them to satisfy the Howard Dean/George Soros contingent of their party by smearing a decent and honorable man. And in do so, as Sisyphus\’s numbers demonstrate, they provided very little oppurtunity for Alito to defend himself against baseless accusations.

Now that they can\’t score scumbag points by disparaging the man…and more importantly the cameras are less prelevant, what is the reason to stick around?? For them to be in the same room with a man of their same ideology, who is defending Judge Alito\’s character doesn\’t benefit them at all. They can do more damage elsewhere.

And of course I\’m going to make a rather safe prediction. After spending a majority of their time not asking Judge Alito questions when they had the chance, and then skipping the chance to hear his colleagues talk about him, you will hear most Democratic member of the Committee on the Judiciary complain that they don\’t know enough about him to vote for him.