Alito: A Last-Gasp Democratic Gambit Fails
What’s in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton papers? Nothing.
By Byron York
National Review Online
In the end, Kennedy's gambit resembled the entire Democratic strategy on Alito: fighting words, promises of a major showdown, and halfhearted, bungled execution. The Kennedy demand was perhaps the last gasp of the Democratic opposition on the committee, which was already expected to vote unanimously against Alito. If Specter had refused to allow an inspection of the documents, then Democrats could have claimed that Republicans were hiding the ugly truth about Alito. But since Specter took the rather simple step of calling Rusher, and Rusher readily agreed to allow an examination of his papers, the whole thing fell apart within hours. Like the Republican staffer said, it's over.
By Byron York
National Review Online
In the end, Kennedy's gambit resembled the entire Democratic strategy on Alito: fighting words, promises of a major showdown, and halfhearted, bungled execution. The Kennedy demand was perhaps the last gasp of the Democratic opposition on the committee, which was already expected to vote unanimously against Alito. If Specter had refused to allow an inspection of the documents, then Democrats could have claimed that Republicans were hiding the ugly truth about Alito. But since Specter took the rather simple step of calling Rusher, and Rusher readily agreed to allow an examination of his papers, the whole thing fell apart within hours. Like the Republican staffer said, it's over.
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