Count Your Blessings (And Your Miers')
ShareThe Judiciary Committee has concluded questioning of Alito after what Specter said was a total of 18 hours worth of Q&A. Specter announced that there had been a total of 700 questions asked . . . no word yet on if Hatch's sweet nothings were counted as 'questions' in this total.
Specter looked like he was having fun with that announcement -- so, in a sign we may secretly love the Alito hearings, we did some counting of our own. Here are some other totals for your drive home:
Total number of Roberts' references: 87
Top Roberts' offender: A tie between Sen. Jon -- He Had Me At Hello -- Kyl and Sen. Patrick -- Remember I Voted For The Last Guy -- Leahy. Kyl and Leahy each mentioned Roberts 13 times.
Number of Times Alito mentioned Roberts: 3
Total number of Miers' references: 12
Total number of Miers' references made by GOPers: 0
Top Miers' offender: Sen. Chuck -- It's All I Got. -- Schumer, who cited the conservative response nomination 5 times. [NORA MCALVANAH]
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