Yes the lesson Bush learned is who trusted in him and who he cannot trust.
The lesson the Deomcrats learned is that they are free to viciously attack the next nominee since they can point across the isle and say the Republicans did that to their own nominee whom they treated with more contempt than Justice Ginsburg.
Ginsburg was confirmed in a different era. Those days are gone forever.
Ginsburg could not be confirmed today unless the Democrats held a senate majority and invoked the nuclear option.
The lesson the Deomcrats learned is that they are free to viciously attack the next nominee since they can point across the isle and say the Republicans did that to their own nominee whom they treated with more contempt than Justice Ginsburg.
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I don't care what the Democrats think they have learned. The fact is that Ginsburg was qualified for the job, Miers was not. Elections have consequences. A well qualified nominee is deserving of approval, if she is within the mainstream of constitutional thought. That applies to Ginsburg and also to Scalia, and to our present situation.