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Old May 27, 2009, 08:57 AM   #41
arkie2
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Colt1911forever has made the statement a few times that Sotomayor was put on the bench by Bush 41. That's actually a mischaracterization of what really happened. There was an arrangement in New York: for every X number of appointments controlled by the party in power, the party out of power (from 1980 through 1992, the Democrats) would get Y number (a smaller number, but at least something, which is better than nothing)...

That is how Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by Bush-41. She was a selection of Democratic Sen. Pat Moynihan. The Republicans agreed to her appointment in order to ensure that Moynihan would not block nominees urged by Republican Sen. Al D’Amato.

...Sotomayor was not a Republican idea; she was a Republican accommodation.
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