Several conservative activists and others have pointed out this morning that the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan deserves more credit for her nomination to the Southern District than George H. W. Bush. At least one Senate office is sending this around:

New York Law Journal
Volume 207, Number 45
Monday, March 9, 1992
APPOINTMENTS TO SOUTHERN DISTRICT STALLED
Awaiting Hearings
The nominations of Andrew O’Rourke, Westchester County Executive, and Sonia Sotomayor, of Pavia & Harcourt, to the Southern District bench are awaiting hearings by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
The normal time period taken from the time a nomination reaches the committee for investigation, hearing and committee vote is two months, with action by the full Senate ordinarily following within a few days. Current nominations, however, have been held up since October by a dispute between the White House and the Senate Committee over the committee’s right to access to FBI reports on candidates. A compromise reached last month should get the process moving again.
The seven Southern District vacancies have existed for periods of from 7 to 39 months. Senator Alfonse D’Amato, R-N.Y., has recommended persons to fill five of the vacancies, and, under an agreement between the Senators, Senator Daniel Moynihan, D-N.Y., two.
Senator D’Amato’s recommendations are Mr. O’Rourke; Richard C. Casey, a corporate partner at Brown & Wood, who has been blind for five years; Colleen McMahon, a litigation partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Manuel Quintana, general counsel of the City Housing Authority; Loretta A. Preska, a litigation partner at Hertzog, Calamari & Gleason; Paul Shechtman, counsel to Manhattan District Attorney Robert A. Morgenthau; and Acting State Supreme Court Justice Patricia Williams.
Senator Moynihan has recommended Ms. Sotomayor and Deborah A. Batts, associate professor at the Fordham University School of Law.