Podhoretz On Alito

January 11, 2006 -- "PERHAPS Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee could rally to defeat Samuel Alito's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. But to do so, they'd have to conduct themselves like intelligent adversaries, rather than behaving like a gaggle of boorish, clownish, hectoring geese.
They would have to ask him probing questions that might lead Alito to contradict himself or back himself into a legal corner. They would have to engage in quick question-and-answer sessions in which they sought to make the nominee agree or disagree to various propositions and act disappointed if he tried to evade them.
Mostly, they'd have to stop talking and let Alito talk — because the only way Alito can be defeated is for Alito to defeat himself."

If only Mr. Podhoretz would grace us with such tidbits from his perch atop National Review Online's The Corner, but the presence of the other august "bloggers" there seems to intimidate him into verbosity devoid of wit. Is Buckley always looking or something? The above is from today's Podhoretz offering in the NY Post and worth a read.