Sotomayor's Hearings

I confess to being confused.

Didn't Wonderboy tell us a few months ago that he would require quite some time to assemble a list of nominees for the Supreme Court? And didn't he agree that such a nomination would require a thoughtful, careful confirmation process by the Senate?

So why are we getting the bum's rush with Sotomayor?

It seems Wonderboy dug up an appropriately-minority nominee in no time flat, then pressured his party's Senate leaders to push the confirmation through between the July 4th recess and Congress' later, summer recess.

With longer-lived justices meaning fewer Supreme Court openings, we ought to see longer confirmation hearings and evaluation periods, not shorter ones.

Plus, this nominee has uttered such egregiously inappropriate statements- on the record- regarding her supposed superiority due to her gender and race, and that judges make law, that she is tainted from the start.

Can't we at least have a liberal nominee who is less sarcastic and dismissive about the legislative process reflecting the will of the people, rather than judges re-ordering society from their benches?

Everything about this nominee and nominating process screams out for starting over with a different candidate.