I Need a Hill. Let's Throw Her Under the Bus

The Democrats didn't want to be seen as blocking the nomination of an African-American justice. They were beginning to be the party of social justice at this point. And so that's the weird thing about the whole Anita Hill hearing, is that they wanted this to be a quick confirmation hearing. The only other controversy before was that he wouldn't go on record as having an opinion on Roe versus Wade.