DIdn't See This One Coming

Senate Republicans announce their opposition to Kagan:

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan drew opposition Friday from Republican leader Mitch McConnell and two other GOP senators, raising the prospect of a confirmation largely along party lines.

"The American people expect a justice who will impartially apply the law, not one who will be a rubberstamp for the Obama administration or any other administration," McConnell said in a written statement one day after Kagan, 50, wrapped up three days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

I don't even know why they bother to release statements or hold press conferences at this point, as if they possess the capacity for any position, opinion, or philosophy at odds with their automatic, reflexive opposition to Obama.

Never Enough

Senate Republicans have a hard time making up their minds when it comes to the proper length and/or volume of documents necessary to do their jobs:

Senate Judiciary ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) called the number of documents released inadequate and reiterated his concern that the committee will not have enough time to pore over the information before Kagan’s hearings.

“The batch of documents received today represent less than a third of the 160,000 pages of material we have been told exist from Elena Kagan’s time as a senior policy aide to President Clinton. We are now a mere 23 days away from the hearing and the committee still has yet to receive over 100,000 pages of documents,” Sessions said in a statement.

What Sen. Sessions is really after is the Goldilocks level of data: the Healthcare bill was too much, the 45,000 pages on Kagan are not enough, but 160,000 pages would be just right. Maybe Sen. Sessions is hoping that in those additional 115,000 pages, he will find the answers to burning questions like whether or not Kagan is a lesbian, or why she deigns to cross her legs. Because we absolutely have to get to the bottom of that.