Durbin on Alito

Illinois' Dick Durbin symbolizes what's wrong with the Senate. The Springfield senator has spent most of his adult life either as a legislator, or working for one. For instance, he spent many years working for the late Paul Simon. In short, Durbin's never held what most people would call a real job.

But he's great at pontificating, scolding, and using a condescending tone of voice whenever he speaks, especially when the TV cameras are pointing at his direction.

So it's not a real surprise that he's embarrasing himelf during the Alito confirmation hearings, as AP reports:

"The crushing hand of fate here seems to always come down against the workers and the consumers and in favor of these established institutions and corporations," Durbin told Alito on the judge's third day of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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