Washington Post reporter Ben Pershing:

Here's a useful thing to remember: When it comes to judicial confirmation fights, everyone is a hypocrite. Almost every tactic Republicans are using now, Democrats used in the minority. And vice versa. It's really striking, when you've watched enough of these fights, how much everyone plays their roles according to script.

Funny, I don't remember Democrats saying Sam Alito and John Roberts only got into college because of their race, or that once there they benefited from “preferential treatment.” I don't remember Democrats attacking Alito for saying that when he hears discrimination cases, he thinks about family members who have faced similar discrimination. I don't remember Democrats trafficking in gross ethnic and gender stereotypes about either Roberts or Alito.

So what's the evidence that Democrats have displayed hypocrisy on anything approaching the GOP's level? Pershing didn't provide any; he just lapsed into the standard “both sides are equally guilty” nonsense.