Well, it's more than that, just another circus. It has become an excuse for a political circus every time, ever since the farther Left chose to deliberately politicize the nomination of Bork and attack him in the most vile manner for blatant political and perverse ideological reasons (including a defense-at-all-costs of judicial activism — preserving a legacy of decades of liberal judicial activism that remains to this day, as we have heard in the very poor remarks and associated behavior of the Democrats, in sharp contrast to that of the Republicans).

It's so bad that Sotomayor's deliberate anti-activist behavior during questioning has commentators asking if she has suddenly become a born-again jurist (rather than be an activist), and even present herself as a “right-wing extremist” (i.e., a moderate and specifically not an activist, and opposed to such illegtimate misconduct so beholden of liberals and Democrats):

“Under normal circumstances, a judge who says the things Sonia Sotomayor has said during her confirmation hearings would not be able to win confirmation in a Senate with a solid Democratic majority. … She's practically a new Robert Bork! How is it that someone with such extreme-right-wing-out-of-the-mainstream views seems set to win every Democratic vote in the Senate? Simple. She was nominated by a Democratic president, and everyone assumes–correctly, in all likelihood–that this is a better predictor of how she will vote than the pieties she utters during her confirmation hearings.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124775868855652…

Wow, where were these believers in checks and balances during the past eight years?

It's also interesting how many media organizations, such as CNN, have been interviewing Latina Women to show Sotomayor's legitimacy. http://www.newsy.com/videos/sotomayor_running_w… I feel like multiple perspective from multiple ethnicities would be more convincing.

What is even more relevant, interesting, and telling, is that Republican Senators (yes, democratic Senators, too), have refused to mention this case during the hearings.

Would someone care to guess why?

Because it would blow up the case Republicans have been building against Sotomayor skyhigh.

Yes, it would destory their case that Sotomayor has that evil, liberal fault, “empathy.” She stuck to the rules…and the law

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-kilkenny/…

I could replace your etc etc etc, with pages and pages, but that's not going to change certain people's minds.

Plus, I don't have the time nor the patience

you once again over estimate your insight and under estimate the readers.

Sotomayor qualified candidate for SCOTUS, and right wing talking points don't change a thing.

As for as Dems saying exactly what they believe, do I really have to quote a few choice Repubs?

“Read my lips, no new taxes.”
“The US does not torture.”
“I am not a crook.”

etc etc etc

If there were any depth or any truth in what the left actually believes, Sotomayor would be able to use the 60 vote majority of the Democrats and say exactly what she thinks. For liberals, lying about what their goals are and the paths they want to take to get there is so ingrained, telling the truth simply doesn’t occur to them, even when it’s certain they can’t lose.

Wouldn’t the leftists here love to hear her real thoughts on gun control, affirmative action, abortion and everything else?

Perhaps, in addition or instead of Ricci appearing to testify, we should have “the robot” appear, free of empathy, personal background and life experiences—no race, gender, religion, heart, humanity, etc, to clog the process up.

Dorian

And if you want what might be the stupidest grandstand of this nomination, the front-runner has to be having Ricci appear in person to testify.

WTF? What insight to Constitutional law does that layman possess? What can he possibly say or add to the question of Sotomayor's qaulifications?

He is just named person in the lawsuit that eventually made it to SCOTUS. I really, really doubt he participated in any of the Appellate or SCOTUS briefs.

Most of the people paying attention are political junkies. It isn't like Dems or Reps are going to convince anyone watching to switch sides. The political posturing is pointless. Reps know they are going to approve her. So why the show? Why make believe that they haven't already made up their minds about her? She's already had personal interviews with half of Washington.

This whole thing is silly and could have taken less than a day.