"Despite all the crazy talk about the flaming liberals who want leftist extremists on the federal bench, the fact is that the Democratics presidents have nominated mainstream, able jurists. That's not the case with Republican presidents. Do you remember Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas?" Andros
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/01/how-clinton-treated-hatch/
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How Clinton Treated Hatch
When President Clinton made his two judicial nominations to the Supreme Court, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) was the ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The following is an excerpt from Hatch's autobiography:
[It] was not a surprise when the President called to talk about the appointment and what he was thinking of doing.
President Clinton indicated he was leaning toward nominating Bruce Babbitt, his Secretary of the Interior, ... Clinton asked for my reaction. ... I told him that confirmation would not be easy.
Our conversation moved to other potential candidates. I asked whether he had considered Judge Stephen Breyer of the First Circuit Court of Appeals or Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. President Clinton indicated he had heard Breyer's name but had not thought about Judge Ginsberg.
What was that appellation again, the great uniter or some such thing?
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