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By Marshall Manson Posted in ConfirmThem Administration — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

In the thread under this morning's post of the memo from Leonard, Wendy and Jay, someone asks why I keep posting such material. It's a good and fair question.

First, and most importantly, it's my sense that the readers of this blog are interested in the inside view of the confirmation process and the news coverage of it. I've essentially been trying to post -- especially over the last few days during the hearing -- everything that's come through my inbox that I thought might be of the slightest interest (and which I can make public without violating confidences). If I was getting more stuff from the Left, I'd post that, too (if only for amusement.) My view on this is simple: the more information that's available and the more viewpoints that are aired publicly, the better. (I will also add that the end of the hearing will return the likelihood of my posting press releases, statements and such to its previous level.)

Second, as everyone knows, I support Judge Roberts' confirmation. Not being the most insightful nor the most articulate person involved in this effort, I've been trying to post items that make the case for Judge Roberts' confirmation better and more effectively than I can. We can disagree about my judgement on selecting such items.

Third, as I've observed previously and others have also observed, our commenters are a smart and insightful bunch, so I've been trying to post provacative items that would spur discussion.

My intention is too keep doing what I'm doing. And hopefully, I'll have the chance before too much longer to add my own more developed thoughts about what we saw this week.