I was thinking that too. Especially when the dims are up, it's like the cameramen are expecting Alito to look angry.
The 'Rats are still living in the Bork hearings much like their unwashed and unshaven moonbat supporters are still stuck on the Sixties. The playbook that generated a win against the unlikable Bork just won't work here. But, like a stubborn old college coach, they keep running the same plays and keep getting stuffed.
The 'Rats are just old and tired now -- like the Politburo before Gorbachev.