Three words on the way to handle the "leakgate" media smear campaign.
Janis Rogers Brown
If you nominate her or someone like her you put the Leftists in an impossible position. They have the choice of either letting her get on the court without much of a fight (which pretty much sacrifices Roe v. Wade in the process, as well as many other things) to keep the leak scandal alive, or they fight her confirmation and throw this issue away.