[GaryL]

Wow! Talk about dynamite! Instead of Scalia, how about Clarence Thomas!!

http://www.drudgereport.com/sc.htm

[rjmeagle]

I really like the idea of Thomas as SCOTUS Chief. This may help the Pubs with the black vote in 2006 mid-terms, but I won't bet on it (hedging here).

With Thomas, the Dims in the Senate will be caught between a rock and a hard place because he is black. If they come out swinging at him, this may backfire against them (minorities might notice their duplicity) but again this is a hedging bet. I find it impossible to understand the black vote vis-a-vis conservative issues especially when we look at it from a values point of view.