Dirtboy -
How did Clarence Thomas manage to get approved by a Democrat controlled Senate after the bloodbath he was put through. If anyone was a slamdunk to get turned down, it's Thomas.
Because the Dems overstepped with Bork and Bush wasn't a lame duck like Reagan was with Bork.
What Dirtboy said, plus John Danforth ... a RINO in an awful lot of ways ... ran interference and twisted arms for Thomas in the Senate. I still remember the powerful, impassioned pro-Thomas speech he gave during the debate.