Tales from the Wonderland

Originally Posted by GBBob

I'm still trying to figure out how John Roberts sailed through confirmation and then was suddenly Grand Poohbah

I mean...wasn't Rose Marie available?

Both Alito and Roberts received fewer Democratic votes
than Ginsburg received Republican votes. I think Ginsburg
was something like 93 - 5. I think Roberts had somewhere around
20 votes against. And Alito was actually close, 50 something
to 40 something.