Changing (As in Exchanging) Stripes

President Obama's Supreme Court appointment, Sonia Sotomayor, is clearly and unequivocally qualified to sit on the bench. She has as much experience and educational attainment as anybody in recent memory. The fact that her judicial philosophy is at odds with the conservatives in Congress is immaterial. The President won the election and he absolutely should get the type of judges he wants. I mean, sure, you can always scrutinize and ask, has every single decision she's ever rendered been an unimpeachable one? Has every single statement she's ever made been a prudent one.?But, seriously, folks, if that ends up being the criteria for each and every court appointment, we're probably going to be looking at an empty bench for a while........................................................................Of course, having said all this , it also must be pointed out that Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Judge Alito were also highly qualified....and that, yes, then Senator Obama (capitulating to the base, perhaps) voted against both of these solid/distinguished Bush nominees. So, no, if in fact a Republican (or ten) does vote against Sotomayor, the Dems really aren't in all that great of a position to complain about it. Not, that is, unless they're willing to be called hypocrites anyway.