CNN's Blitzer again accused Democrats -- but not Republicans -- of reaching "early verdict" on Alito nomination

Media Matters is right.

During CNN's live January 11 coverage of Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Situation Room host Wolf Blitzer again accused Democrats -- but not Republicans -- of prejudging Alito's nomination. "Some Democrats are delivering an early verdict on Alito's performance," Blitzer declared, as the onscreen text read "Democrats" and "Early Judgements [sic]." Later, Blitzer suggested that Democrats were using the hearings to mount a case against Alito, rather than to assess his fitness for elevation to the Supreme Court. Blitzer asked: "Are [Democrats] looking for answers? Or for the Supreme Court nominee to stumble?" But Blitzer made no similar comments about Republicans, several of whom have showered Alito with praise and asked him fawning questions.

There isn't a single Republican on that panel who didn't walk in the door already supporting Alito simply because he's the president's nominee. The farce of having Christine Todd Whitman, the party's "moderate" face, actually introducing Alito, when Alito has already said he wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, was just the icing on the cake as to what a Potemkin hearing this really is.