I will not waste time in this battle decrying the way things are, because right now, they can not be changed. I believe the President is prepared for this fight and will nominate someone the majority of conservatives will be happy with. I will not hedge the potential to be disappointed, by whining and wailing in a way that loses this battle before it has even begun.
If the president pics a centrist/liberal, I will eat my words and apologize to one and all—with one exception: there is a small group of "true conservatives" that have never been satisfied with anything short of their self-defined idea of perfection. I won't apologize to them, because quite frankly, it just wouldn't ever be apology enough.
Until then...I stand with the President, so flame away.
The President may be prepared for this fight, but are the Republican Senators?
Also, I wonder why suddenly he has to study dossiers on prospective jurists ... shouldn't he have been preparing all along?