Roberts hearings, Day 2: Biden

[nyanone]

Charles Grassley (R, Iowa) was mostly cut out by CNN's commercials and situation room discussions. I ought to be watching C-Span.

Senator Biden's up!

"This shouldn't be a game of gotcha. ... This is the democratic moment," he reiterated, pointing out that now is America's chance to see what Roberts is like before we get him for a generation of

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[wayman]

Vardibidian explains beautifully how Roberts's balls-and-strikes line is essentially meaningless. In his post, he mentions ... the old joke about three old umpires talking over a few beers. “There’s balls and there’s strikes,” says one of them, “and I calls them as I sees ’em.” The second, older and more grizzled, disagrees. “There’s balls and there’s strikes,” he says, nodding his head, “and I calls them the way they are.” The third, even older and more grizzled yet, shakes his head and says, “There ain’t no balls or strikes until I call ’em.”

Definitely read the whole post and the comments (brilliant deconstruction--and destruction) of Roberts's line by commenter-Michael.