I appreciate the questioning coming from the Democrats. I wish the Republicans would do the same. There's a LOT at stake. The Republicans are acting more like love besotted cheerleaders. Once this guy is approved, he's there for life so maybe it might be a good idea to take a closer look. Just for starters, I am very concerned regarding Alito's membership in CAP. And I most certainly want to hear more about his judicial/political philosophy. It is very clear Republicans are most happy about this guy and I wouldn't mind being privy to some of that "insider" joy.

I support Judge Alito's nomination and urge the Senate to quit wasting time and money by grandstanding before their particular bases and get on with approving his nomination. Earlier in the week Sen. Kennedy looked fresh and chipper. Today he looks as though he just stumbled out of his favorite bar. I wonder what time he had his last scotch this morning?

I wish the Senators would spend more time talking about cases and judicial philosophy rather than a Vanguard case years ago. The Senators seem to be caught up in their own spin whitewash and cannot get out.

Give me a break! If public scrutinized their senators as close as they scrutinized Judge Alito most would never be elected. How dare Kennedy question Alito's intentions as a young man!

I approve of the confirmation of Judge Alito. His record speaks for itself and those that believe he has a closet agenda against minorities, women, and the otherwise powerless has not paid attention to the facts. Also, do discontinue hearings as Senator Biden one-off suggested this morning, is not the answer. What is so different in hearings today then years ago? One clear difference is the character asssination attempts of the nominee by the non-nominating party that is turning the overall process into a mockery. Politics for show and not for the people is an insult to every American. Regretably there are Senators grilling nominees about ethics when their own past behaviour and ethics can be called itno question without any reasonable doubt.
The show must go on, but for who's benefit?

If MSNBC's title "hanging tough" on your web page, means "not giving any meaningful answers" - I think you are exactly right. It's clear that Mr. Alito's coaches encouraged the concept of "don't tell 'em anything - just get though it." So this is what we have. Since Mr. Alito is not being forthright, all we have is his track record on the 3rd Circuit and past associations to consider. His past, to me, indicates a very conservative judge who would favor corporations, expanding Executive powers and overturing Rove-v-Wade, over the "little guy" and the Constitution.

With 15 years of judicial history to refer to, what possible ideological ghosts could Judge Alito be hiding. He is what he is, what his record says, an open minded, dedicated, intelligent, meticulous in his ruling, jurist.

We Italians tend to produce opposites. Either Saints or Sinners. Either Lovers of Liberty or Fascist Corportists. John XXIII or Pius IX. Unfortunately, Alito falls into the Sinner, Fascist-Corportist, Pius IX side of the Italian divide. He will be the single biggest disaster ever to hit American jurisprudence, a true enemy of Liberty.

I disapprove of the confirmation of Judge Alito for the Supreme Court. He clearly has an agenda that includes buttering up the Reagan Administration in the '80s to secure a job in administration; by his non-responses to Democratic senators, he indicates a bias against women seeking to rule their own sexual lives and a general slant against the powerless. The most awful factor is that Judge Alito, nice guy that he appears, was cleared for his nomination by Vice-President Cheney and Scooter Libby.