Per Brian Beutler, the Democrats are passing around the Hill the chart below, which demonstrates how the Republican desire to delay the Sotomayor confirmation compares to SCOTUS confirmations of years past:

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Beutler– and a letter from Harry Reid– points out that the confirmation processes of Roberts and Alito should be longer than Sotomayor’s because much of their records were not public. Sotomayor’s record, and questionnaire, are already prepared for review.