01-13-2006, 07:12 PM
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interesting data from my favorite site
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Alito: by the numbers:
ABC News' Ed O'Keefe reports that Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. took 677 questions during three days in the witness chair; but, for a majority of those 18 hours, the Judge was listening, not talking, according to a Senate Judiciary Committee tally.
The monologue awards go to . . .
Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), speaking for 24 minutes and leaving 6 for Alito on Tuesday, gabbing for 12:54 versus 6:06 for Alito on Wednesday, and concluding with 13:25 versus 6:41 on Thursday.
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), taking 22:50 for himself and leaving 7:10 for Alito on Tuesday, repeating the pattern by chatting for 15:43 versus 5:19 for Alito on Wednesday, and concluding with 19:38 against 10:22 on Thursday.
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), spending a Biden-beating 25:44 for his own purposes and leaving only 5:59 for Alito on Monday and doing the same by defending Alito for 18:44 on Wednesday while allowing the Judge 1:58 to speak for himself on Wednesday.
And, amazingly, in 46 separate exchanges with the 18 members of the Judiciary Committee, Judge Alito's time responding exceeded that of the Senators' time asking only 9 times i.e., attempting to discover the Judge's views on the issues, Senators overwhelmingly spent more time talking than listening.
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