I've been watching the testimony on Alito most of the day, or at least in between visits from the luminaries I've highlighted so far today. Most of this has been rather inconsequential, except possibly for the Kennedy portion (transcript here). Kennedy remains in his usual bloviating status, full of sound and fury signifying dementia. However, Russ Feingold slipped over the transom to outright insulting -- perhaps most egregiously because he doesn't present such a ridiculous figure as Kennedy obviously cuts. Feingold did everything but call Alito a puppet mouthing the words of his White House masters.

Alito got mad for the first time, managing to keep it under control, but protested that he had been a judge for fifteen years and he didn't need anyone to feed him answers to anyone's questions.

Feingold responded by changing the subject ... to Vanguard. What a jerk.

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