Rick Santorum actually said...

There is just a credibility issue. You know, there's a credibility issue from 'The New York Times' and from what I would call the mainstream...

I think a lot of people sort of baked it into the cake that the President is -- you know has some dealings that are, let's just say, not ord...

The president certainly has the right. No one is arguing he has the right to nominate somebody.

The only reason this was a contentious issue is because there were two different parties and there are two different branches.