Sam ALito is very presentable and smooth, he doesn't rattle, he dodges efforts to make him commit before the fact to judgements he has yet to make.

But, I have to say that I do not find him especially trustworthy. He's quite facile.

His wife smiled when he handled things well, and burst into tears when things looked rough. So what? She's not on the stand in these hearings, nor should be.

But, on the whole, I find him a bit too glib to be trusted as a judge of actual wisdom.

I would be delighted to be wrong about that.

However, it is pretty much amoot point; I think he will be confirmed.

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