The thing about it is, that if this had been handled civilly, it would have been different. But it's been ruthless, and that is where I have the problem.
The leftist stereotype of the right has turned out to be true in too many cases.
Bush gave them the ammo when he nominated her. They were already charging cronyism minutes after the announcement. The Senate would have exposed her total lack of constitutional and judicial knowledge during the hearings and then that would have been more damaging.
Bush could have avoided this by pulling the nomination immediately. In fact, he could have avoided the whole situation by properly vetting her and then properly floating her and then actually pay attention to the reaction to the float.
His stubbornness caused this.