Day 2: Alito is doing great

We have polls for everything these days. The latest Washington Post poll indicates that the public supports Alito's nomination by 53 percent to 27 percent.

Why not? Alito looks like a high school history teacher. His wife looks like a Little League team mom. He comes across as a well mannered and extremely educated man. It's very difficult to convince anyone that Alito is a right wing monster who is going to take your rights away.

Last but not least, his views are mainstream. Let me repeat. Alito is in the mainstream!

Alito is not Roberts on TV. What judge is? Roberts was so good on TV that one wonders if he should switch professions and get a talk show.

Alito is not smooth but he represents the mainstream of American opinion and his easygoing demeanor disarms the angry left.

Years ago, this mainstream was in the Democrat party of FDR and Truman. Today, it is Republican Reaganism.

What happened to the Democrats? They left Truman and became the party of Michael Moore and Ted Kennedy. In fact, John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey could not survive in the party's leftist primaries.

How did the Democratic Party change? The answer is cultural social issues, such as abortion, same sex marriage and religion in the public space.

Alito is on his way to the Supreme Court. I don't think that he will be an ideologue or fanatic. He will be a good judge who understands the Constitution and our country.