[As to John Bulldog Durham, I am also not impressed.]
I start with the premise that EVERY Democrat personnel decision is infallible.
The last time the Democrats made a major mistake was in 1962, when John Kennedy appointed Byron White to the Supreme Court.
White turned out to be a Centrist, and sometimes Center-Right.
And with rare exceptions - like the Al Franken boob squeezing photo - they totally unite behind any fellow Democrat who is threatened by scandal.
Please see 21.