George Bush the senior was a terrible candidate. He sat at Ronald Reagan’s feet for eight years and learned NOTHING. He was ill prepared to run a successful Presidential campaign. But thanks to Teddy Kennedy and his butt boy Bobby Shrum, they gave “Read My Lips” Bush a chance. They used all their considerable power to get Mikey Dukakis the nomination. A insincere promise here and a little Willie Horton there, and the next thing you know clueless George is in the White House listening to John Sununu and nominating another leftist guy named Kennedy to the Supreme Court. A lot of thanks have to go to Kennedy for the Kerry nomination as well. A lot of bad things can be said about Teddy Kennedy, but he was in large part responsible for two of the three Bush terms. But sadly for Republicans, it does not look like Kennedy and Shrum have a dog in this present Democratic nomination fight. Credit must be given where credit is due, when it comes to picking losers, losers like Kennedy and Shrum have an uncanny ability find their own kind.
Actually, Reagan nominated Kennedy to SCOTUS after the Bork debacle. His record on the bench has been a mixed bag, and now he functions as the 'swing vote'. GHWB nominated Souter based on Sununu's recommendation as a 'conservative': he turned out to be as far to the left as Stevens and Ginsberg.