tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post2908466855770952861..comments2009-07-13T15:43:50.050-05:00mikevoteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010028700825655843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post-31657635662520592392009-07-13T15:43:50.050-05:002009-07-13T15:43:50.050-05:00Yeah, I know. And Supreme Court nominations are a big deal, but unless Sotomayor endorses eating babies, she sails out of the committee which is 10 dems and 7 Repubs and sails through the 60 seat senate.<br /><br />The media is covering this almost reflexively, because it&#39;s there. It&#39;s extremely unlikely to generate any news.mikevoteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010028700825655843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post-65310616985427908212009-07-13T15:41:01.524-05:002009-07-13T15:41:01.524-05:00This is the opening day of a major Senate hearing. A day of pageantry and spectacle where the Senators don their best partisan affectations, spritz themselves with pompous self righteousness, and strut about in a ceremonial dance of puffery. The only thing real to them are the cameras. The person before them is merely a prop. A theatrical foil.<br /><br />And so the charade of serious governance continues...-epmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290108507107672811noreply@blogger.com