Huh?

There is an interesting NYT piece by Peter Baker handicapping the field should Justice Stevens retire. One paragraph, in particular, struck me as quite odd.

Thomas C. Goldstein, a Supreme Court litigator at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and founder of the Scotusblog Web site, said the White House wanted to duplicate the success of the Sotomayor confirmation.

Huh? The same confirmation battle that Curt described as a "Conservative Victory?"