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Kagan Cruising Towards Confirmation

By pete_gallagher

By all accounts the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has been a ho-hum affair lacking any great theater or overtly obnoxious partisanship and will result in her ascension to a position on the nation's highest court.

As the Senate debates her nomination (a vote seems likely for this Friday), here are a few takes on the process and thoughts on what could happen from around the Internet.

Politico:

Conservative and liberal judicial activists generally agreed that the struggle over Kagan's nomination has produced fewer fireworks and drawn less public attention than any nomination since President Bill Clinton tapped Stephen Breyer in 1994.

Los Angeles Times:

The sense of anticlimax was palpable in the Senate chamber, as the debate got underway to scores of empty desks. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).

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