Populating the judiciary

The Republican claim that the President, because he won the election, "should be able to have whoever he wants" sitting on the bench in lifetime appointments, is calculated to deceive. A 51% majority is just that, it is not a 100% majority.

And how about someone remembering all those Clinton nominations that were held up by the Republicans to the point where folks were talking about a looming crisis in the judiciary? I don’t doubt for a minute that they were held up so Mr. Bush could fill them, because I don’t doubt for a minute that this was in the works way back before the name Rove was a household word.

Yeah, yeah, I know: Just another "vast right wing conspiracy" theory! But anyone care to argue?