Given the track record of GOP presidents in picking Supreme Court nominees who disappoint the GOP base, I've never quite understood the doom & gloom scenarios that the Left always portrays in these nomination fights. On the whole, GOP nominees have certainly been better for the Left than Dem nominees!

Be that as it may, it's time for both sides to realize that these tactics will only result in worse nominees over time rather than more centrist judges. We all end up suffering, whatever our political commitments. Had Hillary Clinton won, she would have almost certainly not renominated a moderate like Garland, & instead chosen someone further to the left. And the same will likely be true here if the Dems prevent a mainstream center-right candidate like Gorsuch from confirmation.

And, Gorsuch, while a Protestant, graduated from a Jesuit high school.