Jay Leno had this in his monologue the last time we had hearings for a Supreme Court nominee:
Have you watched any of these confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sam Alito? Senators are given thirty minutes to question the guy; thirty minutes exactly. Senator Joe Biden’s question took 23½ minutes. His question took 24 minutes. And Alito is smart. He’s brilliant. Do you know what he said? “I’m sorry, could you repeat the question?”