[OldDeckHand]

"But the vote is 85-15 or so."

Roberts was confirmed 78-22. Roberts was arguably the best litigator in the country when he was nominated to the DC Circuit, the position he held prior to being nominated to the Court.

Kagan, OTOH, has a paper-thin record as a practicing attorney, has never been on the bench and has spent almost her entire career in academia, where she was the least published attorney to ever become dean of Harvard Law. I would be surprised if Kagan gets 65 votes.

[ridesthemiles]

where she was the least published attorney to ever become dean of Harvard Law.”

Yet she was nominated by the person who never wrote a single thing & was the head of the Harvard Law Review-—Barry himself.
What an incestous group they all are.

[Izzy Dunne]

OK, perhaps my numbers are overly pessimistic, but that's where it comes from: pessimism.

I still don't envision much of a fight.

[RobbyS]

Kagan, OTOH, has a paper-thin record as a practicing attorney, has never been on the bench and has spent almost her entire career in academia, where she was the least published attorney to ever become dean of Harvard Law. I would be surprised if Kagan gets 65 votes.

Facts which --unfortunately--are seldom mentioned by the Republicans. Not for nothing is she called "Obama in a pants suit."