Unqualified?

Governor Schwarzenegger appointed Elia Pirozzi as a Judge for the county of San Bernardino. The state bar had apparently deemed him "not qualified" but the governor went forward with the appointment. Here is an article on the brouhaha. http://www.sbsun.com//ci_6448371?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com The judge's defenders say that the "not quailfied" rating was politically motivated. It is my observation that many of the people who serve on foundations, committees, boards and the like are typically politically active. Given the current overwhelming drift of the state to the left it stands to reason that the bar's evaluation committee has also drifted leftward. The question thus becomes whether the members are able to keep their Democrat politics in check in evaluating Republican candidates. I wonder how many Democrat judges have been deemed not qualified.