[VanDeKoik]

“So how would Cruz find truly conservative justices? He said he’d look for candidates with “a long paper trail as principled conservative jurists.”

Which if history has proven to our dismay, is no more of a plan than shooting dice.

How else would Regan pick complete flops but GHW Bush pick winners”

[Personal Responsibility]

See also: Roberts, John

[FreeReign]

"So how would Cruz find truly conservative justices? He said he'd look for candidates with 'a long paper trail as principled conservative jurists'."

Which if history has proven to our dismay, is no more of a plan than shooting dice. How else would Regan pick complete flops but GHW Bush pick winners

As Cruz says, for political reasons, we've been picking justices without a long paper trail. He would not do that.

[Carry_Okie]

How else would Regan pick complete flops but GHW Bush pick winners”

Like Souter? Please.

[Missouri gal]

RE: How else would Reagan pick complete flops
Reagan was told he HAD to choose from Am. Bar Assn. picks, and he took that advice. Bush 43 knew better, but his choices weren’t all great successes, either. Witness Roberts.

[Spacetrucker]

Reagan had a completely Dumbocrat Congress to deal with.