About the Supreme Court...Why on Earth did GHWB...

[sonicx]

nominate someone like Souter?

[RevCheesehead]

1. Because he was fighting "the wimp factor."

And if he could surround himself with people who seem wimpier than him, he'd look "better."

No offense, because I kinda like Souter.

[sonicx]

3. What i meant was...

he tends to vote on the liberal side. Doesn't seem like Bush's kinda guy...

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Souter is GREAT... considering the mediocrity of the....

rest of the court.

To answer your Q., the GOP was not as hard right at that time, Bush Sr. was more centrist than the Reaganites he replaced and Congress, both houses if memory serves, was Democratic.

Also, Souter, though a nominal Republican, had a rather limited resume, judicially speaking and was a bit of a tabula rasa.

[napi21]

2. I don't know but the Pubs hate him for it.

So many times I've heard "We don't want another Sutter!".

[loritooker]

5. He expected Souter to be more conservative than he turned out to be.