[Lisbon1940]

This is like the night before Souter was appointed. High hopes.

[Theodore R.]

Howard Phillips warned about Souter, but no one would listen.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"This is like the night before Souter was appointed. High hopes."

That is the great fear to be sure. However, I have heard from John Sununu about this. He was the one who recommended him to Bush and was told this guy was a solid conservative choice. He got this recommendation from someone else and so it sounds to me like Souter was not properly vetted at all. All of the 21 picks were vetted through the Federalist Society and the Heritage foundation. They were the ones that came up with the list so that makes me feel a lot better that we won't get this one screwed up.