13 seconds ago 2010-01-06T20:25:45-08:00
It's hard not to be thinking Sonia Sotomayor has reached the home stretch when few senators are using their full 20 minutes of allotted time to question her during the second round.
And then there's this: Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a key agitator during the hearing, says he finds her answers so far today "very reassuring."
At times during his 20-minute-long questioning, Graham seemed to be lecturing her about the Second Amendment rather than asking questions about it -- seemingly expecting she will be seated on the Supreme Court and have to ultimately decide a case about the right to bear arms.
He added: "Here's what I'll say about you ... I think fundamentally Judge, you're able to embrace a right that you may not want for yourself, to allow others to do things that are not comfortable to you but for the group they are necessary. That is my hope for you. That is what makes you to me more acceptable."
-Larry Neumeister, AP New York-based federal court reporter, Washington
