It sounds as if, even though he is yet another clintonoid, he may actually not be a liberal fanatic. But he still managed to step in it. It was a dumb decision, and he deserves whatever flak he gets.
I am a lawyer and appeared before him many times when he sat on the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Despite the fact that he was appointed by Jerry Brown, and to the federal court by Clinton, he is a good and wise man, and not an iealogue of any kind.
I think he stepped in it on this one, though.