Reply #263: Thanks for cite, D&P. I respect Mayer. Time for another look at Hill hearings?

[philly_bob]

The only thing I can say without having read Mayer's account is we have to make a distinction between (1) hideously corrupt neocon Republicans and (2) Democrats who didn't fight effectively against hideously corrupt neocon Republicans. I count myself in that second category.

Sounds like Mayer is saying Biden also belongs in category 2. Considering all the damage Thomas has caused, I would like to think Biden has learned something from that losing battle.

And I still think he was the most effective Democrat in those hearings, but that's based on 20-year-old impressions, and I'd like to hear others' memories.

I'd especially like to see those hearings made available on CSPAN or somewhere. In retrospect, I (1) wonder if the sexual harassment issue obscured other issues like legal philosophy and (2) remember the cool poise of Hill, and her subsequent dignified career (she's now at Brandeis).