ABC’s George Stephanopoulos has already started suggesting today that potential Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is building a “strong centrist record.” So buyer beware on media liberals suggesting any Obama nominees aren’t liberals. David Souter is Exhibit A of the media (and the politicos) being wrong. A few dreadful samples:

“Senator Simon, is there any doubt in your mind that [Souter’s] views pretty well parallel those of John Sununu’s which means he’s anti-abortion or anti-women’s rights, whichever way you want to put it?” – Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News, July 23, 1990.
“It may not be quite as easy as the President believes. Judge Souter’s given high marks for intellect, but marks that are not so high for a rather narrow view of constitutional rights….there are a number of cases that some groups will regard as troubling, in the church-state area, in the women’s rights area, in the age discrimination area, a certain insensitivity will certainly be explored at length in the Senate hearings.” — Carl Stern on the July 23, 1990 NBC Nightly News.
“Supreme Court nominee David Souter wants the world to stop viewing him as a nerd. Senate Democrats want to know if, instead, Souter is a neanderthal — a mean-spirited conservative bent on wrecking constitutional protections for women, minorities, and accused criminals.” – Beginning of September 13, 1990 USA Today cover story by legal reporter Tony Mauro.