Nominees Quotes

You're always surprised. Even people who were considered locks for a nomination were surprised. This year, there are so many first-time nominees, 14 out of the 20 in the acting categories, I believe. I'm sure it was overwhelming for everybody, but I definitely was surprised. - Amy Adams

You can be sure this will be cited in future years when other Cabinet nominees are not confirmed. Once you break the taboo, it's broken for all time. - Larry Sabato

With life expectancy these days, he could be a Supreme Court justice for seven or eight or nine presidential terms. That's why we have to take these nominees so seriously - because they're going to have a dramatic impact on the daily lives of all of us, all Americans and our children and our grandchildren. - Ralph Neas

Will you pledge to preserve the Ronald Reagan plank on life in the Republican party platform? Will you finally say you will enforce a litmus test for judicial nominees? Will you vow to pick a pro-life running mate? - Gary Bauer

While it may not have won best picture, it made more money than the other nominees. - Larry Hughes

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public. - Elena Kagan

What's changed? It's not the quality of the nominees, it's the qualities of the process. I really do worry that we're going to take the Supreme Court nomination process and boil it down to abortion. That won't be good for the country. - Lindsey Graham

Whatever purpose confirmation hearings may have, this is clearly not the purpose. You have nominees talking like politicians, giving empty sound bites. - Jonathan Turley

What history dictates is even relatively weak presidents have often gone for home runs with nominees. - David Yalof

We're facing a daunting workload with a very heavy backlog of controversial and contested judicial nominees. - Arlen Specter