....maybe he was 'educated' by the Borking of Robert Bork and from 1987 onward has crafted a careful public record in preparation for this very day. I remember clearly thinking about that (in general) in 1987: that after the Senator from Chappaquidick had made 'borking' into a new noun in the English language, no lawyer who had hopes of a nomination to the SCOTUS would ever want to go on record with political opinions, conservative ideas, etc.
I can't say whether Ann Coulter is right to worry - I don't know enough about him, which may itself lend support to her worries that he does have Souter potential (we would all KNOW it before now if he were someone certain to give the left fits). I'm cautiously optimistic, but I sure do hope he's more of a 'stealth' candidate for our side than for the Souters of the world.....
the only genuinely constructionist/conservative judges that have come along in my lifetime were already well known to be just that. there was no room for doubt. this is way too risky.