[Dog Gone]

You can certainly speak up now, but if the principle objection is that she's an unknown quantity, then it doesn't seem unreasonable to wait until more information is learned.

The hearings will take place in committee. A floor vote comes later.

It's just incorrect information to assert that your only chance to speak up is now.

I tend to favor her because the President has an excellent track record in naming judges. But I'm certainly willing to change that opinion based on what happens at the hearings. I don't know why any reasonable person wouldn't have a "wait and see" attitude unless they already had political reasons to pass judgment before all the facts are known.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

The hearings will be a sham and you know it. The GOP senators are too lame to confirm a proven conservative, they're too lame to toss Harriet. Now is the time.

[Cicero]

I respect your views, and grant that you have a point. But I'm not very hopeful that the Senate review will be anything but a circus. We SHOULD have some chance to find out where she stands on the issues, since we know so little now, but I'm not sure that we'll get that chance.

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[skr]

I don't know why any reasonable person wouldn't have a "wait and see" attitude unless they already had political reasons to pass judgment before all the facts are known.

Exactly. I know she will have to pass on some of the questions but I'd like to hear how she answers the questions and how she deals with the interrogators. If both sides grill her, it may be the first time many of us have seen equal treatment in a judicial hearing. I'm tired of both sides either tearing down or buttering up the nominee. More questions and less pontificating would improve the hearings immensely.

[FreeReign]

...if the principle objection is that she's an unknown quantity, then it doesn't seem unreasonable to wait until more information is learned.

Yes.