We're all savvy enough to understand that a Republican president is going to nominate Republicans to high office, including the Supreme Court. "Cronyism!" cried the maddened thousands, and the echo answered "Cronyism!" Wake up and smell the coffee, folks. When you are at the level of POTUS/SCOTUS, they're all cronies!
If President Hilary Clinton nominates fellow NY Dem Mario Cuomo to the Supreme Court, will it be an excellent choice of an intellectual giant with the perfect judicial temperament, or will he be an inexperienced crony? JFK appointed his kid brother to be Attorney General of the United States, fer chrissakes.
So let's not kid ourselves that Chimpy was going to reach deep into the criminal defense bar and nominate an unknown lefty public defender such as myself. He picked someone he knew and trusted. So far, no surprise. He picked someone with a background in high-dollar corporate law. Still no surprise. He picked someone from among his close personal circle of trusted associates.
OK, that's a surprise, and I'll tell you why.....
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