Further to KRC's question, the fact that Bush used a process to decide whom to nominate not of your liking, it is "bad"?
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A common skill in managment is the ability to seperate your opinion of how you would choose to complete tasks when judging the final outcome of tasks you give others. You seem wrapped up not so much in the pick, but how it came to be...and because it wasnt done in a fashion YOU would have chosen, that automatically makes it "bad" in your mind. Thats dangerous ground.