I would like to see the dims fight to keep an African American woman, and a Hispanic, at the same time, from obtaining the high honor of becoming a Supreme Court Justice. Let them fight it. It will only dig their political grave deeper. It will expose them as the true racists they are.
IMHO, 2006 is right around the corner. The more hispanics and blacks they offend, the better for us. We need only a few percentage points to tip the elections in our favor.
If GWB appoints Gonzales, he will cause a tidal wave amongst Conservatives going into the 2006-2008 election. If GWB doesn't understand this, I think, Karl Rove does.
If the Reps get 20% of the Black vote, and 50% of the Hispanic vote, the Dims will be forever a minority party.
Also, with some exceptions, this has been a fairly conservative court for the past generation. Bush will probably get 3, maybe 4, picks. It will only be more conservative after he leaves.
I follow this, and other courts, very closely. It it a bad idea to throw out precedent in a big hurry.