What majority Rule?

The Washington Times last week put to rest once and for all the false idea that Republicans treated Bill Clinton's appointments the same way Dumocrats are now treating Bush's. Here are the percentages of presidential appellate court nominees eventually confirmed by the Senate:

Harry Truman..............................100%
Dwight Eisenhower...................92.3%
John Kennedy...........................77.3%
Lyndon Johnson........................86.2%
Richard Nixon...........................87.0%
Gerald Ford..............................81.8%
Jimmy Carter.........................100.0%
Ronald Reagan........................95.0%
G. H. W. Bush.........................95.7%
Bill Clinton.............................86.4%
George W. Bush.......................53.1%

So the last 10 presidencies average out to 91.2% compared to G.W. Bush at 53.1%


Posted by David aka DR@HDfixit