At that time, it was considered good to vote for the nominee as long as he showed good character. That’s how people like Ginsberg and Scalia got in.
And that’s why the libs tried to destroy Thomas’s character in their hearings.
Yes. It wasn’t until Charles Schumer that they got the idea to reject nominees simply because they didn’t like their politics.
I doubt the republicans will return the favor, although they should, on principle, for the next 8 years.
In other words, for the next 8 years, there should not be a single year where the republicans allow more nominees through the senate than the democrats allowed during the 8 years of Bush.